The Law Of Trade Secret Litigation Under The Uniform Trade Secrets Act

This timely Handbook marks a major shift in innovation studies, moving the focus of attention from the standard intellectual property regimes of copyright, patent, and trademark, to an exploration of trade secrecy and the laws governing know-how, tacit knowledge, and confidential relationships. The editors introduce the long tradition of trade secrecy protection and its emerging importance as a focus of scholarly inquiry. The book then presents theoretical, doctrinal, and comparative considerations of the foundations of trade secrecy, before moving on to study the impact of trade secrecy regimes on innovation and on other social values. Coverage includes topics such as sharing norms, expressive interests, culture, politics, competition, health, and the environment. This important Handbook offers the first modern exploration of trade secrecy law and will strongly appeal to intellectual property academics, and to students and lawyers practicing in the intellectual property area. Professors in competition law, constitutional law and environmental law will also find much to interest them in this book, as will innovation theorists.

A 26-chapter treatise that explains the fundamentals and intricacies of trade secret law under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) and the California Uniform Trade Secret Act (CUTSA).

"The comprehensive analysis is accompanied by a synthesis of the Uniform trade secrets act case law determining the key trade secret issues as well as online synopses of each UTSA case, organized by the type of the alleged trade secret, the industry, and whether the trade secret owner won or lost"--ABA website.

This book assembles case law analysis and strategic advice on prosecuting and defending trade secret misappropriation actions, maintaining legally sufficient trade secret protection measures, and supervising outside attorneys in the course of litigation. This book is an invaluable resource for both firm-based litigators and in-house attorneys, and it sets a new standard for the insightful analysis of U.S. trade secret law and practice.

"This research guide provides information on where to find the disparate elements that are important to begin to understand the area of trade secret law. It lists U.S. federal and state laws as well as international laws, discusses an array of court cases, many of which offer conflicting analysis and decisions, and covers the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. The guide offers a method for discerning relevant case decisions, laws, articles and web materials"--Publisher.

Trade secret protection has long been of critical strategic importance to business interests and globalization of commerce has driven an increasing need to govern the preservation of confidentiality in international business transactions. This book off

For General Counsel, Business Litigators, Intellectual Property Attorneys, Employment Attorneys, Those Defending a Claim. A Practical Guide to the Changing Landscape. Because modern technology now permits easy access to confidential information from virtually any location, and because of the increasingly fluid employment market, trade secret claims are fast becoming a central concern for business litigators in Texas. In this brand-new practice resource, Trey Cox and Chris Patton, veteran litigators with Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst, LLP, a litigation boutique in Dallas, bring clarity to evolving legal standards for these types of claims, and the procedural issues that commonly arise in the context of state and federal trade secret claims. Field Client Questions Narrow Research Focus Follow this Area as it Develops Year to Year Texas Trade Secret Litigation covers: What a Trade Secret is and Who Owns It Misappropriation Planning and Initiating a Trade Secret Lawsuit Discovery in a Trade Secret Lawsuit Responding to the Trade Secret Lawsuit Expert Witnesses In Trade Secret Cases Trying a Trade Secrets Case Monetary and Equitable Relief; Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 Also Included Sample Documents and Forms Table of Cases Table of Statutes Index Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (enacted in 2013) Uniform Trade Secrets Act Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (enacted in 2016)