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Oct. 5, 2022

How to litigate trade secrets and patent claims in the same action

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Fabio E. Marino

Partner
Womble Bond Dickinson LLP

UC Hastings College of Law

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Intuitively, asserting both trade secrets (which derive their value from being kept secret) and patent (which require disclosing the invention to the public) claims against the same party in the same legal action presents challenges. Yet, there are many scenarios where that is exactly what your client wants to do. For example, a common scenario in high-tech litigation in Silicon Valley involves a group of engineers who left an already successful company to start a com...

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