Intellectual Property
Oct. 7, 2020
Trade secret protection gone rogue
The Walter White case study
Randall E. Kay
Partner
Jones Day
Phone: (858) 314-1139
Email: rekay@jonesday.com
Univ of Michigan Law Sch; Ann Arbor MI
Randall works in the firm's Intellectual Property practice in San Diego. The views set forth herein are the personal views of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the law firm with which he is associated.
Walter White perfected a recipe for cooking crystal meth that revolutionized the drug trade, and his fictional efforts to protect his secret recipe gained worldwide attention. White's enterprise illustrates a number of lessons for companies seeking to protect trade secrets. Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, information must meet three requirements to earn trade secret protection: (1) it derives value from not being generally known; (2...
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