Technology,
Intellectual Property
Oct. 6, 2021
The rise of trade secrets as primary protection for technological innovation
Trade secret claims, often an afterthought for some IP litigators and their clients, have come to the forefront of IP litigation in the last few years.
Benjamin A. Herbert
Attorney
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Email: benjamin.herbert@kirkland.com
Arizona State Univ COL; Tempe AZ
Trade secret claims, often an afterthought for some IP litigators and their clients, have come to the forefront of IP litigation in the last few years. Sizable verdicts from recent trade secret misappropriation cases is part of the reason for this change in perception. The data bears this out. Since the enactment of the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act, in the last five years, there has been a 30% increase in the number of trade secret misappropriation cases filed in ...
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