In the information age, a business’s greatest competitive advantage is often its ability to keep and protect its trade secrets. Our attorneys can help you protect and enforce that competitive advantage.
Revision Legal’s trade secret attorneys have both prosecuted and defended against trade secret claims. Trade secrets are typically defined under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, which is a statute adopted by forty-seven states in the United States and its territories. Under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, a trade secret is considered information that derives independent economic value from the fact that it is a secret and is protected as a secret by reasonable efforts.
Typically, trade secret cases involve trade secret misappropriation. Trade secret misappropriation is defined as the acquisition of a trade secret by improper means or the disclosure or use of a trade secret by a person who used improper means to obtain knowledge of the trade secret. Since trade secrets are very valuable, trade secret misappropriation can be a very serious issue and can often result in litigation.
Though trade secrets are important, companies can often overreach in trade secret matters. In defending against a trade secret claim, an expert trade secret lawyer will identify all applicable defenses, which may include:
If your trade secrets have been misappropriated, or if you are a defendant in a trade secret matter, contact our trade secret lawyers today.
Our attorneys can assess your business’s intellectual property portfolio and provide you with advice on implementing logging and access controls to protect your trade secrets.
Our attorneys are experts in drafting non-disclosure agreements, employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, and other agreements that protect trade secret rights.
Our attorneys are experts at trade secret prosecution and defense and understand the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and the local implementations of that model law.