Posts Tagged ‘Trade Secrets’
The Fragile Nature of Trade Secrets: Clues from the Courts on How to Keep Them
“While companies are not required to institute every security measure possible to ensure that their confidential information qualifies as a trade secret, the more security measures implemented, the greater the likelihood that courts will find that the trade secret owner undertook ‘reasonable measures.’” Trade secrets have become an increasingly valuable asset to many companies, but…
Read MoreHuawei Indicted for Theft of Trade Secrets
The criminal case arose after a jury in Washington State had awarded T-Moibile $4,8 million in damages for breach of contract. Interestingly, the jury failed to award T-Mobile any damages for trade secret misappropriation even though they determined that Huawei did misappropriate trade secrets relating to Tappy. T-Mobile is also seeking $18.4 million in…
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