According to Womble Carlyle’s Trade Secrets blog, “Reuters is reporting that Silicon Valley start-up company Spring Design has sued Barnes & Noble and the lawsuit asserts Barnes & Noble misappropriated trade secrets and violated the parties’ non-disclosure agreement when it copied Alex’s features into its recently announced Nook e-book.”
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See also: (list is automatically generated)
- Think twice before suing a departed employee for trade-secret misappropriation in California, or risk a big attorneys’ fees award
- Trade-secret status of prices destroyed when customers allowed to share without restriction
- Kara v. Stamps.com – another illustration of the dangers of going it alone after signing a nondisclosure agreement to see someone’s technology
- PRECUT NDA: A free, balanced, multi-purpose, nondisclosure agreement
- Oral confidentiality agreement with consultant held binding
Contract review: A final checklist
