The Trade Secrets Vault http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/ A blog of trade secrets news, verdicts, and resources en Copyright 2012 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:52:29 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss When is a Trade Secret Not a Trade Secret? When it is Revealed at a European Parliament Exhibition Marketwatch, please click here.]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/when_is_a_trade_secret_not_a_t.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/when_is_a_trade_secret_not_a_t.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:52:29 -0500 NCsoft alleges trade secret theft, seeks to block Tera's U.S. release click here.]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/ncsoft_alleges_trade_secret_th.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/ncsoft_alleges_trade_secret_th.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:05:12 -0500 Case of clean-tech theft simmers in Washington ahead of China talks click here.]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/case_of_clean-tech_theft_simme.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/case_of_clean-tech_theft_simme.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:58:16 -0500 Rounding Up the 10 Biggest IP Litigation Wins of 2011 Click here in order to read this interesting article from Law.com.]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/rounding_up_the_10_biggest_ip.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/rounding_up_the_10_biggest_ip.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:47:23 -0500 Cypress drops trade secrets suit against Maxim EE Times, please click here.]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/cypress_drops_trade_secrets_su.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/cypress_drops_trade_secrets_su.html Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:55:31 -0500 Ex-Dow Scientist Gets 5-Year Term for Trade Secret Theft Bloomberg/Businessweek A former Dow Chemical Co. research scientist was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing trade secrets and selling them to Chinese companies. The sentence against Wen Chyu Liu, also known as David W. Liou, was handed down yesterday by U.S. District Judge James J. Brady in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A jury in February convicted Liu of perjury and conspiring to steal Dow trade secrets. He was indicted in 2005. Liu, 75, of Houston worked for Dow from 1965 to 1992. At its Plaquemine, Louisiana, facility he had access to secrets related to the manufacture of chlorinated polyethylene or CPE, used in the making of vinyl siding, electrical cable jackets and industrial hoses, according to a U.S. Justice Department statement today. "The technology that Mr. Liou was convicted of stealing belonged to Dow," the Midland, Michigan-based company said in an e-mailed statement today. "Because of his education and position within the company, Mr. Liou knew of its immense value."]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/ex-dow_scientist_gets_5-year_t.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/ex-dow_scientist_gets_5-year_t.html Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:59:20 -0500 Apple loses bid to seal trade secrets in Psystar suit AppleInsider, please click here.]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/apple_loses_bid_to_seal_trade.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/apple_loses_bid_to_seal_trade.html Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:53:21 -0500 Ex-Dow Scientist Who Stole Secrets Gets 7 Years, 3 Months Prison Businessweek, please click here.]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/ex-dow_scientist_who_stole_sec.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2012/01/ex-dow_scientist_who_stole_sec.html Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:36:41 -0500 Conn. Supreme Court considers UConn season ticket lists USA Today Connecticut's open records watchdog agency has softened its position on whether the University of Connecticut can claim its season ticket holders' lists are confidential trade secrets. A Freedom of Information Commission attorney told state Supreme Court justices Monday that UConn probably does have the right to have confidential trade secrets after all, such as in bioscience research. The FOI Commission says two other factors should make the lists public: because general interest outweighs UConn's need for confidentiality, and because UConn never showed the records were unavailable elsewhere. ]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2011/12/conn_supreme_court_considers_u.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2011/12/conn_supreme_court_considers_u.html Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:16:48 -0500 Drillers claim "trade secrets" when they don't reveal chemicals in fracking fluid
">click here in order to read the complete article from Denver Post.]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2011/12/drillers_claim_trade_secrets_w.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2011/12/drillers_claim_trade_secrets_w.html Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:11:50 -0500 Software Vendor Says Partnership With SAP Led to Stolen Trade Secrets click here.]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2011/11/software_vendor_says_partnersh.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2011/11/software_vendor_says_partnersh.html Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:34:26 -0500 Utah scientist charged with stealing drug recipes weartv, please click here.]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2011/11/utah_scientist_charged_with_st.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2011/11/utah_scientist_charged_with_st.html Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:46:54 -0500 UPDATE: Florida Company Alleges Zynga Lifted Trade Secrets
">here. ]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2011/11/update_florida_company_alleges.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2011/11/update_florida_company_alleges.html Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:03:37 -0500 China military cellphone spy trial begins click here.]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2011/11/china_military_cellphone_spy_t.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2011/11/china_military_cellphone_spy_t.html Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:44:56 -0500 Adversaries, allies stealing U.S. trade secrets click here. ]]> http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2011/11/adversaries_allies_stealing_us.html http://www.tradesecretsblog.info/2011/11/adversaries_allies_stealing_us.html Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:41:10 -0500