Federal Courts Now Available for Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims

Simon Riveles Uncategorized

By Lauren Mack On May 11, 2016, President Obama publicly signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act (the “DTSA”), a long anticipated piece of legislation that creates a federal cause of action for trade secret misappropriation claims. Unlike claims of copyright, trademark, and patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation claims could not be brought by plaintiffs in federal court until now. What Are Trade Secrets? …