In 2016, Congress enacted the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) to create a private right of action for trade secret misappropriation under federal law. DTSA was intended to provide uniformity among the ...
The timing of trade secret identification has become a contested and often unsettled issue in federal trade secret litigation ...
In a significant ruling, QUINTARA BIOSCIENCES, INC. V. RUIFENG BIZTECH, INC., No. 23-16093 (9th Cir. 2025), the Ninth Circuit distinguished the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) from ...
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Can a company's trade secrets misused abroad give recourse on the extraterritoriality of the Defend Trade Secrets Act? Yes, said the 7th Circuit in an important new case in which a claim under the ...
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The Northern District of California appears to be the first federal court to enter a written decision under the Defend Trade Secrets Act. At least 15 cases have been filed under the DTSA since it was ...
On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”), which became effective that very same day, and is the most significant development in intellectual property law ...
Ben Herbert of Kirkland & Ellis reviews trends and developments over the first five years of Defend Trade Secrets Act litigation in US district courts The May 11 2021 fifth anniversary of the ...