Trade secrets are a cornerstone in the strategic architecture of businesses, representing invaluable assets that give it a competitive edge. These could encompass formulas, practices, processes, ...
Elon Musk appears to be grasping at straws in a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of poaching eight xAI employees in an allegedly unlawful bid to access xAI trade secrets connected to its data centers and ...
A dispute over a predictive analytics platform shows how technology companies risk losing trade secret protection when ...
Nicholas Schneider of Eckert Seamans examines the surge in trade secret litigation and discusses how employee mobility, ...
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Google, Apple and xAI are among companies that have sought to defend their sensitive information as employees are accused of stealing it.
For investment professionals, understanding the ins and outs of trade secrets is not just about compliance — it’s about business. Whether researching a startup, doing due diligence on an acquisition, ...
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we will explore the age-old question about whether it is best to keep an innovation as a trade secret or if it makes sense to seek patent protection. And while this ...
According to the tech giant’s complaint, the trade secrets its former employee stole include the company’s sales roadmap, which, it argues, would provide a rival company “with a competitive edge with ...
“The Fourth Circuit’s decision in Sherbrooke provides important clarity on the ‘reasonable efforts’ standard at the pleading stage, holding that confidentiality agreements alone can suffice to survive ...