Breaking Issues in Trade Secret Litigation and Management
$295
About the Course
This course provides a thorough overview of breaking developments in litigating, protecting, and managing trade secrets.
The lecturer offers keen insights into the practicalities and consequences of invoking the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, as well as forecasts the impact of the European Union Trade Secret Directive.
The webinar examines both strategic and procedural considerations that arise in high-stakes trade secret disputes in the United States and abroad.
Among the issues discussed:
- •Criteria triggering FBI criminal investigations for trade secret misappropriation
- •Determinants of damages calculations in trade secret cases
- •The role of plaintiff bond requirements in trade secret litigation
- •Pros and cons of litigating multiple IP asset classes in a single trial
- •State versus federal court considerations for trade secret litigation
- •The meaning and implications of the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine
- •Factors that can vitiate exemplary damages or attorneys’ fees
- •Triggers for RICO causes of action and their extraterritorial implications
- •Managing whistleblowers and granting immunity under the DTSA
- •The relevance of “work for hire” provisions to trade secrets
- •A review of the six phases of the ex parte seizure process
- •The intersection of the Economic Espionage Act and the DTSA
- •The six-factor test for demonstrating the existence of trade secrets
- •An analysis of the Defensibility Factor
Course Leader
R. Mark Halligan
Esq.
Partner, FisherBroyles, LLP
Mr. Halligan has been recognized as one of the leading trade secrets litigators in the United States. He was named 2017 Commercial Litigator of the Year in North America by Corporate LiveWire and has been inducted into The Legal 500 Hall of Fame.
Chambers USA ranks Mr. Halligan for his exceptional standing in intellectual property law, and Managing Intellectual Property recognizes him as an “IP Star.” He is an accomplished trial lawyer focusing on intellectual property and complex commercial litigation, including antitrust and licensing matters.
Mr. Halligan is the Past President of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) and serves as General Editor of the Intellectual Property Law Handbook, published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education.