Just because Russia gave asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden doesn’t mean the country disrespects secrets. When it comes to confidential business documents, at least, Russia has a well developed body of trade secret laws. Check out our primer here.
Month: August 2013
Trade Secrets Watch Profiled in Page-One Article on Law Firm Blogs
Thanks to you, readers, less than three months after its launch, Trade Secrets Watch drew the notice of California’s leading legal weekly. The Recorder put us on Page One as an exemplar of the growing trend of law firm-written blogs that take an engaging but journalistically serious approach to legal issues. You can see a web version of the article here. We’ve also copied it below: READ MORE
GERMAN TRANSLATION: Making Sense of Germany’s Criminal and Civil Trade Secret Laws
Germans are famous for their love of order. But German trade secret law is untidy. Like many EU countries and like the United States, Germany has no national trade secret law per se. Its criminal and civil laws provide for broad trade secret protection — if you know how to navigate them.
A quick primer on Germany’s trade secret laws is available here.
CALL FOR COMMENT: Top 10 Trade Secret Settlements
Readers, we need your help! Our Top 10 Trade Secret Verdicts list was such a hit that we decided to follow up with a list of the Top 10 Trade Secret Settlements.
Do you know of a public, multi-million dollar trade secret settlement that might rank among the top 10 biggest? Write to us, including sources and/or citations if possible.