On September 29, 2022, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) announced a return to in person hearings, including Section 337 Investigations. Section 337 investigations conducted by the ITC often involve claims regarding intellectual property rights including allegations of patent infringement, trademark infringement, and trade secret misappropriation against goods being imported into the United States. […]
Trade Secret
Valuable, but vulnerable
Once developed, a trade secret can continue to exist if its owner takes reasonable measures (or makes reasonable efforts) to maintain its secrecy. Reasonable measures are, of course, a legal requirement. Importantly, a trade secret still may be misappropriated even if it is the subject of reasonable measures. So, a prudent trade secret owner’s goal […]