From the halls of academia... Elizabeth A. Rowe, Saving Trade Secret Disclosures on the Internet through Sequential Preservation, 42 Wake Forest L. Rev. 1 (Spring 2007)

When, for instance, an employee discloses an employer’s trade secrets to the public over the Internet, does our current trade secret framework appropriately address the consequences of that disclosure? What ought to be the rule that governs whether the trade secret owner has lost not only the protection status for the secret, but also any remedies against use by third parties? Should the ease with which the Internet permits instant and mass disclosure of secrets be taken into consideration in assessing the fairness of a rule that calls for immediate loss of the trade secret upon disclosure?