Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment,
Intellectual Property
Jul. 26, 2019
California, Washington and Oregon agree UTSA applies to memory
Now that Oregon has joined California and Washington in holding that employees may misappropriate trade secret customer lists through their mental impressions, employers up and down the west coast should be vigilant in protecting their trade secrets in all forms, including their employees’ memories.
David Adams
BuchalterDavid is an attorney in the San Francisco office of Buchalter, and is a member of the firm's Litigation Practice Group.
For over two decades, it has been settled law in both California and Washington that the Uniform Trade Secrets Act applies to hard copy records, electronic files, and an employee’s memory of the alleged trade secret.
In a recent Oregon state court decision, Pelican Bay Forest Prods. v. W. Timber Prods., 297 Or-.App. 417 (2019), Oregon finally concluded that information in an employee’s head may constitute...
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