The enactment of the Defend Trade Secrets Act has been called the most significant expansion of federal intellectual property law in 70 years. Find out about the new tools available to trade secret owners to protect their intangible business assets and the new obligations it creates for them to do so.
Speakers
Mark Conrad
Conrad & Metlitzky LLP
Sebastian Kaplan
Fenwick & West LLP
Miriam Kim
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
Topics
• Review the legislative history and purpose of the DTSA
• Analyze the key provisions and intended application of the statute, including its remedial provisions
• Consider strategic choices for litigating new federal causes of action for trade secret misappropriation
• Compare differences between the new DTSA and the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act
Section Chair: Eugene Mar, Farella Braun + Martel LLP