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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Courts Continue to Find the Federal Trade Secrets Act Reaches Extraterritorial Conduct

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Summary - Courts across the country have found that the DTSA can reach a foreign defendant’s conduct when — in the words of 18 U.S.C. § 1837(2) — “an act in furtherance” of the misappropriation was committed in the United...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Motorola v. Hytera: Seventh Circuit Set to Hear Arguments on the Extraterritorial Reach of DTSA

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On December 5, the Seventh Circuit in Motorola Solutions, Inc. v. Hytera Communications Corp. will hear high-stakes arguments concerning the application of the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) to trade secrets taken...more

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Federal Judge Confirms that Federal Trade Secret Statute Applies to Misappropriation that Occurs Overseas

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Earlier this month, a Northern District of Illinois jury returned a verdict in favor of Motorola for over $700 million after a trial in which Motorola alleged that Hytera hired three engineers away from Motorola’s Malaysian...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

Trade Secrets: Changes In The Law On Protection Of Trade Secrets In The United States And European Union

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Concerns about trade secret theft have been increasing in both the United States and Europe in recent years. Traditionally, American law disfavored trade secret protection vis à vis patenting on the basis that publication of...more

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