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5 November 2024 · Articles, Confidential Information, Knowledge, Knowledge Transfer, M&A Due Diligence, NDA, Partnerships, Tech Transfer, Trade secrets

$605M for Trade Secret Theft of ‘Innovative Approach to Selling Renewable Fuels’

The jury also found that the trade secret theft was willful and malicious, allowing the Court to potentially triple the total damages! Choose your partners carefully. You are flattered when Big Co who also happens to provide your major route to market offers to buy your business. It has been 13 years of hard slog […]

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23 September 2024 · Knowledge Transfer, M&A Due Diligence, Tech Transfer, Trade secrets

To Lose Three Trade Secrets Looks Like Carelessness!

Employee joins another company, transfers valuable knowledge to develop competing products! AbbVie has at least three trade secrets law suits like this underway at the moment: “AbbVie lawsuit says rival Adcentrx stole anti-cancer secrets” “AbbVie sues rival BeiGene over alleged theft of cancer therapy secrets” “Botox rival Revance loses bid to dismiss Allergan trade secrets […]

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3 September 2024 · Articles, Cyber Security, Partnerships, Tech Transfer

Do Your Customers Treat Your Information and Trade Secrets With Care?

Was a cyber security weak spot for the US Department of Defence one of their suppliers?! Yes, they signed the NDA and had a long standing contract. But did they have the same processes and culture? The US government just sued Georgia Tech University for not using anti virus software despite signing US Department of […]

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