Trade Secrets As IP Strategy Keeps Looking Better

Recent court decisions that have narrowed the parameters of what will be deemed patentable have made many companies look more closely at the option of using trading secret law to protect their intellectual property. Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi attorney Matthew B. McFarlane looks at the recent history of trade secret law and how the landscape may be about to change in a way that makes this strategy even more inviting: Two bi-partisan bills currently under consideration in Congress would create a federal private right of action for trade secret owners seeing redress for misappropriation.