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John Deere in Trade Secrets Dispute with Former Factory General Manager 23 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
From the Business Section of the Waterloo Cedar Falls (IA) Courier, a story concerning a trade secrets case by agricultural equipment maker Deere & Co. against the long-time general manager of its lar...
Chinese Trade Secrets Theft Hits US Universities 22 May 2013 | 09:03 pm
Chinese trade secrets theft, although extensive, has generally focused on US businesses. Now, in a new twist, Reuters reports that three Chinese researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have been ch...
Man Bites Dog! 23 Apr 2013 | 12:08 am
From the Morning Whistle, an unsourced report that publisher and education company Pearson has been sued for stealing the trade secrets of a Chinese competitor, CentriPoint (China). According to the ...
Trade Secrets Finally Gets Toward the Top of the National Agenda 24 Feb 2013 | 09:52 pm
You know trade secrets has finally hit it big when the subject is covered in USA Today and the report is on the Obama Administration’s a new strategy to combat the theft of American trade secrets. Th...
Bratz-Mattel Doll Fight Ends Not with a Bang But a Whimper 29 Jan 2013 | 12:47 am
We’ve covered this case, it seems, this the beginning of time. (See, for example, an earlier summary here.) Now it looks to be all over. A précis goes like this: designer leaves Mattel to go to MGA ...
A Video Overview of the Economic Espionage Act 23 Jan 2013 | 10:26 pm
From me (click the link), a short description of the recent changes in the EEA.
Do Computer Fraud & Abuse Act Prosecutions Sometimes Go Too Far? 15 Jan 2013 | 11:58 pm
Offered here without commentary, an article from Slate concerning the recent suicide of Aaron Swartz who was set to go on trial next month for violations of the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act for unlockin...
More on Economic Espionage Act Amendments 3 Jan 2013 | 06:00 pm
From IP 360, a story concerning the amendments to the Economic Espionage Act. The story quotes John Marsh of Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP as saying that the two bills passed by Congress represent "a stron...
Amendment to Economic Espionage Act 2 Jan 2013 | 11:24 pm
Don’t say Congress can’t get anything done. At the end of the session, they managed to pass Senate Bill 3642 which changes – slightly – the definition of what trade secrets are covered under the Act. ...
China’s Economic Espionage 16 Nov 2012 | 10:34 pm
From Foreign Affairs, an excellent article by James A. Lewis on “China’s Economic Espionage.” According to Lewis, China is the world’s most aggressive practitioner of economic espionage, targeting ke...