Senate Highlights Key Parts Of Trade Secrets Legislation

Law360, New York (May 29, 2014, 7:57 PM EDT) -- Unlike patent, copyright, and trademark, there is no federal private right of action for trade secret misappropriation. But this could soon change if the recently introduced Defend Trade Secrets Act (S. 2267) becomes law, which was the subject of a recent hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. In this article, we summarize the hearing testimony and key provisions of the proposed bill, and we briefly consider the prospects for the bill's passage into law....

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