21 June 2016Allan Gabriel and Aaron Charfoos
The Defend Trade Secrets Act: a valuable tool for IP owners
On May 11, 2016, President Barack Obama signed the new Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) of 2016 into law. This law creates a new, federal cause of action for trade secret misappropriation. Depending on the commentator, this is perhaps the most significant development in intellectual property law in decades, a relatively simple improvement to an existing law or something in between.
