Posts from May 2016.
With President Obama’s signing of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) on May 11, 2016, federal intellectual property law has expanded to include trade secrets, which had previously been governed exclusively by state law. Although the text of the DTSA is largely consistent with the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), the law which 48 states have adopted in some form to protect trade secrets, this new law contains several features which will provide expanded protection to trade secret owners.
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