Intellectual Property Protection, Intellectual Property Litigation, State and Local Government

Oklahoma Legislature Creates Two New Specialty Courts

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/30/2025

Oklahoma has now joined many other states creating specialty business courts to handle complex business litigation. Senate Bill 632 creates two new specialized business courts, which will be located in Oklahoma County and...more

Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better: State NIL Laws Continue to Change

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/4/2023

The NIL arms race continues as states amend their name, image, and likeness (NIL) laws to gain a competitive advantage. The new trend is to allow colleges and universities within the state to be more involved in the NIL...more

Survival by the Thinnest Margins: Potential Trade Secret Claims Post-Texas TCPA Amendments

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/19/2019

Effective on September 1, 2019, the 86th Texas Legislature’s amendments to the Texas Citizen’s Participation Act, Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code Chapter 27 (“TCPA”) essentially removed the vast majority trade secret...more

A Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing: Beware the Statute of Limitations in Trade Secrets Misappropriation Cases

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/4/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: Knowledge that a competitor or former employee is misappropriating trade secrets is difficult to come by. At the same time, however, once a company has notice that misappropriation may be occurring, the...more

Worried About Trade Secret Poaching? Check in With Your Third-party Service Providers

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 7/25/2019

Hiring external contractors is common practice in the fast-paced tech-industry where talent is scarce and in high-demand, but such a practice can expose a company’s most valuable IP to the confidentiality measures, or lack...more

Zillow Sues Rival Compass Alleging IP Theft And Breach Of Contract Over Its Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, And Cloud...

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 5/16/2019

Switching from defense to offense, Zillow Group, Inc., best known for its residential real estate marketplace technology, recently filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington alleging a...more

Trade Secret Sparks Beer Brawl In The Ninth Circuit: When Is Your Word Enough?

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 9/24/2018

On September 13, the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments on an issue of first impression in Anheuser-Busch Cos. v. James Clark, No. 17-15591 (9th Cir. 2015). ...more

Banking On Standard Operating Protocols As Trade Secrets

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 8/22/2018

In a testament to the wide breadth of potential trade secret protection to any number of industries, a court in the Western District of Washington denied a 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss Seattle Sperm Bank’s (SSB) DTSA and...more

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