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Defending Against Trade Secret Misappropriation Lawsuits



by John T. Westermeier
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. - Reston Office

September 15, 2009

Previously published by e-Commerce Law & Strategy on April 2009

There are several often-overlooked strategies for defending against trade-misappropriation claims. The first relates to government procurement. I call this strategy the Trade Secret Per Se Doctrine. The second strategy pertains to open-source software. Both of these strategies need to be fully considered in appropriate trade-secret misappropriation cases, to which e-commerce counsel are no strangers.


 

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