Trade secrets can be protected from
trade secret misappropriation by a variety of contractual means, including employment agreements and policies, consultant agreements, independent contractor agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and manufacturing agreements.
Recognizing that competitive position is vital to our clients, our team has significant experience in preventing
trade secret misappropriation by departing employees and in stopping employee and customer poaching by competitors and departing employees.
Not exact matches
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By submitting User Materials to or using the Site, you represent that you have the full legal right to provide the User Materials, that such User Materials will not: (a) divulge any protected health information or infringe any intellectual property rights of any person or entity or any rights of publicity, personality, or privacy of any person or entity, including without limitation as a result of your failure to obtain consent to post personally identifying or otherwise private information about a person or which impersonates another person; (b) violate any law, statute, ordinance, or regulation; (c) be defamatory, libelous or
trade libelous, unlawfully threatening, or unlawfully harassing or embarrassing; (d) be obscene, child pornographic, or indecent; (e) violate any community or Internet standard; (f) contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or other computer programming routines that damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, data or personal information, or that facilitate or enable such or that are intended to do any of the foregoing; (g) result in product liability, tort, breach of contract, personal injury, death, or property damage; (h) constitute
misappropriation of any
trade secret or know - how; or (i) constitute disclosure of any confidential information owned
by any third part
by any third party.
The lawsuit filed
by Carmack says that ZeniMax won't pay the remaining sum for id Software because of the intellectual property lawsuit — but it notes that the jury did not find Carmack liable for
misappropriation of
trade secrets or copyright infringement.
The
misappropriation of
trade secrets occurs when
trade secrets are acquired through breach of a confidential relationship or
by other improper means, such as theft, wiretapping, or even espionage.
Represented EMC in numerous actions in federal and state court involving
misappropriation of
trade secrets and violations of employment agreements
by former employees and competitor in the enterprise security and eGRC market.
He has extensive experience navigating and litigating disputes alleging
misappropriation of
trade secrets and violations of restrictive covenants
by former employees and competitors, as well as claims of patent infringement, false advertising and other acts of unfair competition.
Represents a national staffing company in confidential arbitration alleging
trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract
by its former employees.
Successfully defended Spectra Physics in a patent infringement and
trade secret misappropriation action brought
by a former supplier related to wear resistant glass technology.
The UTSA, enacted in almost the entire U.S., except for the states of New York, North Carolina, and Massachusetts, is designed to protect
trade secrets from
misappropriation by enabling injunctive relief and damages against parties that obtained your idea through improper means, such as espionage or theft.
Obtained preliminary injunction in federal court litigation involving
misappropriation of
trade secrets by national accounting firm and denial of requested injunction in related state court proceedings.
Substantial settlement in favor of a financial institution in
trade secret litigation involving
misappropriation of computer source code
by software developer.
Remedies for
misappropriation of a
trade secret under the federal Act include injunctive relief, damages for actual loss caused
by the
misappropriation, damages for any unjust enrichment caused
by the
misappropriation of the
trade secret that is not addressed in computing damages for actual loss; or in lieu of damages measured
by any other methods, the damages caused
by the
misappropriation measured
by imposition of liability for a reasonable royalty for the misappropriator's unauthorized disclosure or use of the
trade secret.
Represented a major Baltimore institution in defense of an action brought
by a software provider asserting breach of contract,
misappropriation of
trade secrets, and other tort claims in connection with the client's transition to other software.
Following one week trial, obtained defense judgment finding that business plaintiff failed to prove causation of any damages in
misappropriation of
trade secrets case where default judgment had been entered against defendants when represented
by predecessor counsel.
Represented two chemists who were sued
by a chemical manufacturer for
trade secret misappropriation on the technology for copper additives to diesel fuel.
and which defines a civil tort and remedies for
misappropriation of
trade secrets; (2) enforcement of the general duty of loyalty that employees (the people most likely to be given access to a
trade secret) have, at least while they are on the payroll, not to disclose their employers» proprietary information to others; and (3) enforcement of contracts, including confidentiality agreements, entered into
by people and companies given access to
trade secrets.
The lower court, based on Civil Code section 3426.4 (allowing fee - shifting to a prevailing party if a
trade secret claim of
misappropriation is made in bad faith), awarded $ 735,781.27 in fees to defendants — comprised of a $ 535,215 lodestar augmented
by a 1.3 positive enhancement for excellent defense work.
Both matters involve the alleged unlawful
misappropriation and dissemination of the company's confidential and proprietary
trade secrets and other information
by former members of the company, unfair competition, breach of fiduciary duties, breach of contract and spoliation of electronic evidence.
Some of our notable entertainment and media attorneys are: John Quinn, General Counsel of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who has also represented entertainment and media clients in a number of high profile cases; Kathleen Sullivan, the former Dean of Stanford Law School, First Amendment scholar, and nationally renowned appellate advocate, who heads the firm's appellate practice group; Bob Raskopf, an expert in the sports, entertainment and media bars in New York, who is perhaps best known for his work on behalf of professional sports leagues and teams, newspapers and publishers; Claude Stern, who has represented a broad array of leading software developers, videogame manufacturers, online publishers and other media clients in all forms of intellectual property litigation, including copyright, patent,
trade secret, trademark, and licensing disputes; Bruce Van Dalsem, who has tried and resolved disputes for studios, producers and performing artists in the film, television, music and finance businesses, securing a top five verdict in California based on the
misappropriation of a film library; Gary Gans, an expert litigator in motion picture financing, production and distribution disputes, as well as copyright and idea theft cases, who has been named in 2012
by The Hollywood Reporter as one of America's «Top Entertainment Attorneys;» Jeff McFarland, who has litigated entertainment related cases for more than 20 years, including cases involving motion picture and television series profits, video game licenses, idea theft and the «seven year rule;» and Michael Williams, who represents a satellite exhibitor and other media clients in trademark, copyright, patent, antitrust and other commercial litigation.
The court also found that the trial court had properly dismissed the
misappropriation of
trade secrets allegations, as the disclosure of the «Letter of Intent»
by Nelson to Duemeland did not constitute
misappropriation of a
trade secret because there was no evidence that Duemeland had made any attempt to obtain the letter from Nelson.