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Readily Ascertainable - WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: June 2025

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Welcome to WilmerHale’s bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. We’ve affectionately nicknamed it “Readily Ascertainable” because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out....more

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Insuring Innovation: Software Code May Be Protected as an Arrangement

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The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit once again remanded a trade secret and copyright dispute involving software for generating life insurance quotes, finding that the district court erred by failing to consider...more

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Federal Copyright Law Does Not Preempt Trade Secret Claim

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Addressing issues of preemption, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision that federal copyright law did not preempt the plaintiff’s trade secret claim because trade secret claims...more

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Recent Developments on Copyright Preemption of Trade Secret Claims in the Fifth Circuit

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For the latest on the copyright preemption doctrine (codified at 17 U.S.C. § 301(a)) look no further than the Fifth Circuit, which, together with its district courts, issued a string of recent decisions regarding the...more

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