Intellectual Property
May 31, 2014
Decision continues gradual solidification of trade secrets law
A contrary ruling could have upset a trend by the courts to put trade secret law on a uniform, concrete and predictable footing - on par with other categories of intellectual property law. By Charles Tait Graves




By Charles Tait Graves
When the 1st District Court of Appeal held this month that ideas and design concepts are among the types of information that can qualify as trade secrets under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), was that ruling a good thing or a bad thing for the overall structure of trade secret law?
The answer: an unreservedly good thing. A contrary ruling could have upset a gradual trend by the courts to put trade secret law on a uniform, c...
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