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Trade secrets : theft issues, legal protections, and industry perspectives /

A trade secret is confidential, commercially valuable information that provides a company with a competitive advantage, such as customer lists, methods of production, marketing strategies, pricing information, and chemical formulae. Well-known examples of trade secrets include the formula for Coca-C...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Clarkson, Wilfred (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2015]
Colección:Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship series.
Trade issues, policies and laws series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • TRADE SECRETS: THEFT ISSUES, LEGAL PROTECTIONS, AND INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES; TRADE SECRETS: THEFT ISSUES, LEGAL PROTECTIONS, AND INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Protection of Trade Secrets: Overview of Current Law and Legislation*; Summary; Introduction1; Background; Definition of a Trade Secret; Eligible Subject Matter and Acquisition of Rights; Duration of Protection; Misappropriation; Trade Secrets As a Form of Intellectual Property; Purpose of Trade Secret Law and Comparison to Patent Law.
  • Historical Development of Trade Secret LawCurrent Legal Landscape for Trade Secret Protection; State Law; Federal Law; Trade Secrets Act; Economic Espionage Act; Economic Espionage; Theft of Trade Secrets; Authorized Penalties under the EEA; Extraterritorial Application of the EEA; Statutory Exceptions to EEA Prohibitions; Non-Preemption of Other Federal and State Laws; International Law; The Growing Problem of Trade Secret Theft and Economic Espionage; Measuring Economic Loss; Current Trends in Trade Secret Litigation; Types of Offenders; Domestic; Foreign; Enforcement of Trade Secret Rights.
  • Litigation and ProsecutionExecutive Branch Actions; Administration Strategy; Special 301; Free Trade Agreements (TPP and TTIP); Limitations of Current Law and Proposed Changes; In Support of a Federal Civil Cause of Action for Trade Secret Theft; In Opposition to a Federal Civil Trade Secret Remedy; Legislation in the 113th Congress; S. 884, Deter Cyber Theft Act; H.R. 2281 / S. 1111, Cyber Economic Espionage Accountability Act; S. 1770, the Future of American Innovation and Research (FAIR) Act of 2013; H.R. 2466, Private Right of Action Against Theft of Trade Secrets Act of 2013.
  • S. 2384, Deter Cyber Theft Act of 2014S. 2267, the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2014; H. Res. 643, Calling for Further Defense Against the People's Republic of China's State-sponsored Cyber-enabled Theft of Trade Secrets; H.R. 5103, Chinese Communist Economic Espionage Sanctions Act; H.R. 5233, Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2014; End Notes; Chapter 2: Stealing Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. 1831 and 1832; Summary; Introduction; Stealing Trade Secrets; Elements; Substantive Offense; Whoever; With Intent to Convert; Trade Secret.
  • Related to a Product or Service in CommerceEconomic Benefit of Another; Intent to Injure; Knowingly; Stealing and the Like; Attempt; Conspiracy; Consequences; Economic Espionage; Foreign Beneficiary; Common Procedural Matters; Protective Orders; Extraterritoriality; Prosecutorial Discretion; Related Offenses; Amendments in the 112th Congress; Stealing Trade Secrets; Economic Espionage; End Notes; Chapter 3: The Role of Trade Secrets in Innovation Policy; Summary; Introduction; Trade Secrets and Innovation Policy; An Overview of Trade Secret Law; Basic Principles; Sources of Law.