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Intellectual Property

Dec. 23, 2016

Federal trade secrets law: year in review

Defend Trade Secret Act practitioners have mostly steered clear of its much-hyped ex parte seizure remedy, opting instead for more traditional remedies such as temporary restraining and preservation orders. By Jonah Mitchell and Christopher J. Pulido

Jonah D. Mitchell

By Jonah Mitchell and Christopher J. Pulido

In May 2016, the Defend Trade Secrets Act was enacted, and since that time, the DTSA has been used to assert federal jurisdiction in over 125 lawsuits. (Currently, Public Access to Court Electronic Records does not provide a numerical designation for trade secret cases as it does with other kinds of cases, so tracking DTSA lawsuits remains imprecise). Since May, early filing trends and rulings show th...

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