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Hilary Sumner

Contract Drafting: It's All in the Details

In 1881, Dr. Joseph Lawrence invented Listerine and it remains the #1 best selling mouthwash. Later that year, Dr. Lawrence sold the ...

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Chinese National Working for Monsanto Indicted for Trade Secret Theft

A Monsanto employee was recently indicted for theft of trade secrets. The Chinese national, Haitao Xiang, allegedly resigned from his...

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The Defend Trade Secrets Act: Suggested Steps for the Protection of your Trade Secrets

Written by: Hilary J. Sumner, Esq. What is DTSA? The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) was signed into law on May 11th, 2016. This law...

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Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) Signed into Law

Obama has signed the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) into law. This law amends the Economic Espionage Act of 1996,...

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NASA Developing First Warp Drive

NASA has been wrestling with the time constraints of space travel for years but recently a physicist by the name of Miguel Alcubierre...

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Canadian Company Creates Invisibility Cloak

A Canadian business called the Hyperstealth Technology Company has recently revealed their "quantum stealth" technology. Camouflage with...

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Trade Secret Protections May Be Lost If You Fail to Take the Proper Precautions

It is imperative to have consistent nondisclosure agreements in place whenever divulging confidential information to a third party. ...

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Theft of Trade Secrets Act Signed into Law

On December 28th, President Obama signed the Theft of Trade Secrets Act into law (18 U.S.C. §§ 1831-39). This act amends the Economic...

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Trade Secret Protection

Two recent trade secret decisions held that products and processes comprised of a combination of components qualify for trade secret...