What happens to a trade secret when technology moves on?

The secrets of building a great vacuum tube did not have to leak for their value to wane when transistors arrived. AI may create the . . .

The enterprise AI legal issue you probably are not thinking about yet

The next portability fight will be about knowledge Perhaps the strangest intellectual property question to arise in the past few years with AI is not . . .

Customer data for AI use: What should a vendor take and a customer give?

Negotiating how a technology vendor uses customer data brings up not only privacy and data processing concerns but also confidentiality and trade secrets, in a . . .

Court bars expert from accessing AI source code in high profile copyright case

Plaintiffs sued Stability AI for misusing their copyrighted artwork to train generative AI models. As part of the lawsuit, plaintiffs sought to designate a University . . .

Fifth Amendment did not save former employee from having to turn over his Gmail account

Plaintiff biotech company sued a former employee for allegedly emailing proprietary information to his personal Gmail account and discussing employment with competitors. Plaintiff’s investigations revealed . . .

Unauthorized press release caused drone software deal to crash

Usually back in the boilerplate section, technology contracts often contain a provision saying the parties will not issue press releases without the prior written consent . . .

Why parties should enter into nondisclosure agreements

https://youtu.be/_rtszKD-aUI Nondisclosure agreements (or NDAs) are important contracts. There are a number of reasons why parties may want to enter into them. The first reason . . .

Independent contractor agreements: common mistakes to avoid

Three ways trade secrets can be more powerful than copyright

Question of who owns source code proceeds to trial in trade secrets case