Seyfarth partner and co-chair of the Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes practice group is presenting at Sandpiper Partners’ “Trade Secrets Theft: Civil Litigation and Criminal Prosecution” panel on December 2.
The program brings together judges, in-house counsel, and outside lawyers from across the country. Attendees will learn about the following topics:
As we previously reported, on February 18, 2020, Medterra CBD (“Medterra”) filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that it had misappropriated Healthcare Resources Management Group LLC’s (“Healthcare Resources”) proprietary formula for a CBD cream aimed at treating pain. In its motion, Medterra argued that Healthcare Resources failed to allege that it had provided or that Medterra had otherwise acquired any proprietary information. Additionally, Medterra claims that even if Healthcare Resources could establish that it had provided its propriety CBD cream formula to Medterra, Healthcare Resources did not take adequate steps to protect its trade secret by mandating Medterra sign a non-disclosure agreement.
Continue Reading CBD Cream Manufacturer Responds to Motion to Dismiss in Trade Secret Litigation
In Seyfarth’s seventh installment in its 2018 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, Seyfarth attorneys Andrew Boutros and John Schleppenbach focused on criminal liability for trade secret theft, including four key statutes, key elements for criminal prosecution, civil RICO under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, and best practices for avoiding misappropriation and for handling misappropriation when it occurs.
As a conclusion to
Continue Reading Webinar Recap! Criminal Trade Secret Theft: What You Need to Know
The United States Attorneys’ Offices in Wisconsin criminally prosecuted two trade secret theft cases last week. In the Eastern District of Wisconsin (United States of America v. Tan Liu), the United States charged a former employee, Tan Liu, with 12 counts of stealing trade secrets from his former employer, Rockwell Automation, Inc. According to the government, in the last few weeks of his Rockwell employment, and in anticipation of leaving Rockwell for a new employer, Liu downloaded 2,500 files that contained the proprietary software and source code Rockwell uses to operate various systems and controllers.
Continue Reading Wisconsin U.S. Attorneys Actively Prosecuting Trade Secret Theft—With Mixed Results
From organized crime and “hacktivists” to competitors and rouge employees, the threats to companies’ trade secrets are more pronounced today than ever before. A recent report by the Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade (Create.org) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) — Economic Impact of Trade Secret Theft: A framework for companies to safeguard trade secrets and mitigate potential threats
Continue Reading Upcoming Webinar: Protecting Trade Secrets and Recent Trade Secret Legislation Developments Presented By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, CREATe.org and PwC
By Robert Milligan and Joshua Salinas
A significant new bill was recently introduced in Congress seeking to add a federal civil cause of action for trade secret theft.
On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in a bipartisan effort, Senators Christopher Coons (D-Del) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the bill.
Senators Coons and Hatch’s bill,
Continue Reading Big Changes May Be Ahead for the Nation’s Trade Secret Laws
In a story that Hollywood would love to script, the U.S. Government charged Sinovel and its executives with soliciting the then-head of the Automation Engineering Department of AMSC’s Austrian subsidiary, AMSC Windtec GmbH, to steal AMSC’s source code in order that Sinovel might bypass a commercial relationship with AMSC and utilize AMSC’s trade secrets without paying for ongoing software licenses.
Continue Reading AMSC/Sinovel Industrial Espionage Thriller Takes a Procedural Detour, Threatening U.S. Criminal Prosecution
By Jessica Mendelson and Robert Milligan
On Wednesday February 20, 2013, the White House released a five-point plan (“the Plan”) intended to combat trade secret theft of American trade secrets.
The plan is a collaboration between various federal agencies, including the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, State, Treasury, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the
Continue Reading United States Announces Multifaceted Plan To Combat Trade Secret Theft At Home And Abroad
By Jessica Mendelson and Robert Milligan
In December 2012, the Department of Justice released a “Summary of the Major U.S. Export Enforcement, Economic Espionage, Trade Secret and Embargo-Related Criminal Cases.”
The report includes the major export enforcement, trade secret theft, economic espionage, and embargo-related criminal prosecutions handled by the United States Department of Justice between January 2007 and December 2012.
Continue Reading Department of Justice Issues Report Highlighting Trade Secret Theft Prosecutions And Need For Companies To Vigilantly Protect Their Data
Please join us for the seventh webinar in the 2012 Trade Secrets Webinar Series on November 28th at noon c.s.t./10:00 a.m. pacific. This webinar will discuss best practices when dealing with newly hired or departing employees and the incumbent trade secret, non-competition and information protection issues.
In today’s highly mobile and competitive world, employees frequently move between companies within the
Continue Reading Trade Secret Protection Best Practices Webinar: Hiring Competitors’ Employees and Protecting the Company When Competitors Hire Yours