Trade Secrets: A Practitioner's Guide

In today's high-tech domestic and international marketplace, attorneys and business executives need fast, comprehensive and reliable information to understand the critical issues of trade secret regulation and protection. In this one-volume, up-to-date desk reference, Perritt advises you on the practical steps you need to take to minimize legal risks while maximizing clients' assets, giving you an easy-to-read and clear analysis of the key issues: - Misappropriation - Damages - Injunctive relief - Disclosure and contractual restrictions - Independent development of similar ideas by innocent third parties - Contracts with suppliers and restrictions on redisclosure - Confidential relationships and trade secrets To help implement effective trade secret strategies, you get checklists and useful examples of key documents. The cumulative supplement includes new material on the impact of the Restatement (Third) of Unfair Competition; intentional interference with contractual relations; legal information, religious materials, and memorized information as trade secrets; wrongful disclosure; confidentiality agreements; FOIA issues; Justice Department guidelines on license restrictions; forum selection clauses; the Economic Espionage Act; injunctions; sanctions for bad faith claims; malicious prosecution; international law; and more. In clear, direct terms--and with extensive footnoted citations to authorities--this comprehensive guide spells out exactly what a trade secret is, how it should be protected and what to do when its secrecy is compromised.