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A nearly decade-long legal battle in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently concluded with a significant jury verdict, underscoring the potentially severe consequences of trade secret theft...more
Large Language Models (LLMs) are a type of Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that can process and generate human-like text based on the patterns and relationships learned from vast amounts of text data. LLMs use a machine...more
The advent of generative artificial intelligence has given rise to a debate about how this innovative technology will affect intellectual property rights and trade secret protections in particular....more
As recent innovations in automotive technology continue to fuel unprecedented growth across the industry, companies must adapt their privacy and confidentiality capabilities to safeguard highly valuable trade secrets. With...more
Prema Engineering S.r.l. (āPrema Engineeringā) has accused automaker Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. and Automobili Lamborghini America, LLC (collectively, āLamborghiniā) of stealing Prema Engineeringās intellectual property...more
Welcome to the Intellectual Property Litigation Newsletter, our review of decisions and trends in the intellectual property arena. In this edition, we learn that belated statements are not relevant but litigation funding...more
As legal and business professionals focused on protecting intellectual propertyāespecially those of us in business litigationāit's crucial to stay attuned to the expanding influence of generative AI (āGenAIā). While patents...more
Protecting trade secrets in any business is critical, but the stakes are higher in life sciences. Given the high focus on innovation in the industry, corporate espionage can result in devastating financial and reputational...more
Need Assessment, Vetting, and Identification of a Reliable Expert in the Digital Forensics Process - Whether your organization is looking for advisory and expert support for an internal investigation into allegations of...more
A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit expands which intellectual property (IP) owners can seek relief before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to block the import of infringing...more
In todayās competitive business environment, trade secrets have emerged as some of an organizationās most prized assets. They are the hidden formulas, proprietary processes, and specialized know-how that give companies their...more
Six former East Mississippi Community College football players who appeared in the documentary series Last Chance U have sued the school, Netflix, the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), and the...more
AT A GLANCE - Beyond whether DeepSeek used data from existing AI application program interfaces (APIs) to train its models lie concerns about whether querying an AI API may lead to trade secret misappropriation....more
AI companies should familiarize themselves with trade secret law to safeguard their innovations. A company does not need to register a trade secret to invoke it in litigation, unlike other IP protections. Trade secrets can...more
In the interconnected, global business environment, trade secret information regularly crosses international boundaries, and trade secret misappropriation can occur anywhere in the world. Trade secret holders should thus...more
Summary In July 2024, the Seventh Circuit concluded that the DTSA can reach all of a defendantās worldwide sales caused by the misappropriation, so long as ā in the words of 18 U.S.C. Ā§ 1837(2) ā āan act in furtheranceā of...more
The greentech industry is recognized as one of the key subsectors of the ESG investment world. Energy transition to renewables is the new industrial revolution. It is a global win-win-win for bolstered economic strength,...more
In I-Mab Biopharma v. Inhibrx, Inc., a trade secret misappropriation case, a federal jury in Delaware sided with the defendants, Inhibrx and its co-founder Brendan Eckelman, on all counts. The jury found no existence of a...more
In December, a Massachusetts corporation won the largest jury verdict ever awarded under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). The award of $452 million is part of a recent trend of massive awards to trade secret...more
Welcome to WilmerHaleās bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. Weāve affectionately nicknamed it āReadily Ascertainableā because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out....more
A recent lawsuit in Texas highlights the challenges social media influencers face in protecting their intellectual property. Sydney Nicole Gifford, a well-known influencer, claims that Alyssa Sheil copied her āvibe,ā ā...more
Defendant Lovo has moved to dismiss an amended complaint alleging that the voice actor Plaintiffsā voices were unlawfully cloned by Defendant Lovoās AI Voice Generator. Plaintiffs allege that Lovoās CEO stated on a podcast...more
ėÆøźµģ ģģ ė¹ė° ģģ” ķøķ©źø° This is a boom time for trade secret litigation in the U.S. The underlying conditions driving the boom include the growing mobility of the global workforce, the ease with which electronic data can be...more
While trade secret law may not get as much attention as copyright battles, itās going to be a major player in the future of AI. With decades of legal development, itās an essential area where companies will need to protect...more
A temporary restraining order (āTROā) followed by a preliminary injunction is often essential for a company to maintain the trade secrets status of its information that is being misappropriated. Typically, once the...more