Trade Secrets: R Mark Halligan

Title: Economic Espionage and Insider Threats: Recent Developments [Trade Secrets Behind the Scenes No. 12 (August 22, 2012)] Summary:  A review of the Statement for the Record [ C. Frank Figliuzzi , Assistant Director Counterintelligence Division (CD) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  Before the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence: Committee on Homeland Security U.S. House of Representatives June 28, 2012 Follow @rmarkhalligan on Twitter  Email: rmhalligan@nixonpeabody.com Listen or Download

Title: The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA): Computer Fraud and Trade Secret Misappropriation [Trade Secrets Behind the Scenes No. 11 (August 15, 2012)] Summary: A 25-minute podcast that examines the history of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and the development of a split in the federal circuits regarding the applicability of the CFAA to computer fraud and trade secret misappropriation claims in U.S. district courts. Follow @rmarkhalligan on Twitter  Email: rmhalligan@nixonpeabody.com Listen or Download

Title:  Trade Secret Asset Management/Trade Secret Audits [Trade Secrets Behind the Scenes No. 10 (August 9, 2012)] Summary:  A 25-minute podcast that addresses trade secret asset management and trade secret audit issues in the New Economy Follow @rmarkhalligan on Twitter  Email: rmhalligan@nixonpeabody.com Listen or Download

Title:  Trade Secrets and Prior User Rights [Trade Secrets Behind the Scenes No. 9 (August 7, 2012)] Summary:  This 15-minute podcast reviews the new America Invents Act (AIA) and the provision for full prior user rights in 35 U.S.C. Section 273 including patent/trade secret strategic considerations. Follow @rmarkhalligan on Twitter.  Email: rmhalligan@nixonpeabody.com Listen or Download

Title:  Computers and Trade Secrets [Trade Secrets Behind the Scenes No. 8 (August 6, 2012)] Summary:   This 18-minute podcast addresses the symbiotic relationship between computers and trade secrets including the identification, classification and protection of trade secrets in a computer environment–trade secrets “in motion” and trade secrets “at rest”– as well as recent issues surrounding the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA),  cyber-attacks on law firms, do-not-carry rules, and “cloud computing.” Follow @rmarkhalligan on Twitter.  Email: rmhalligan@nixonpeabody.com Listen or Download

Title:  Trade Secrets versus Patents: The New Calculus  [Trade Secrets Behind the Scenes No. 7 (August 4, 2012)] Summary:  This 25-minute podcast addresses the calculus of deciding whether to protect an information asset under patent or trade secret law taking into consideration the critical factors and differences between patent law and trade secret law including recent decisions by the Federal Circuit (CFAC) and the United States Supreme Court.   Follow @rmarkhalligan on Twitter  Email:  rmhalligan@nixonpeabody.com Listen or Download

Trade Secrets Behind the Scenes No. 6 Podcast: Recent Developments in Trade Secrets Law (August 3, 2012) Keywords:  trade secret misappropriation; reversal of $124 million damages verdict; Illinois enforcement of post-employment restrictions; Eaton Corp. appeals to Mississippi Supreme Court/10-year trade secret misappropriation; US House of Representatives passes The Foreign Economic Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012 (H.R.. 6029) Follow @rmarkhalligan on Twitter  Email:  rmhalligan@nixonpeabody.com Listen or Download

Summary:  Trade Secrets and Electronic Evidence Discovery  [Trade Secrets Behind the Scenes No. 5 (August 3, 2012)] Keywords:  Rule 26(f)(3) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, e-discovery, ESI (electronically stored information), The Sedona Conference, 7th Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program,  Model ESI Orders, search word methodologies, search terms (limits), predictive coding, sanctions, cost/fee shifting, Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Group, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23350 (S.D.N.Y. February 24, 2012) Follow @rmarkhalligan on Twitter  Email:  rmhalligan@nixonpeabody.com Listen or Download

R Mark Halligan: Trade Secrets Behind the Scenes No. 4 Podcast: Recent Developments in Trade Secret Law (August 2, 2012) Follow @rmarkhalligan on Twitter  Email:  rmhalligan@nixonpeabody.com Keywords: trade seccret misappropriation claim/bankruptcy (TXCO), bad faith (Loparex), Raytheon (Federal Circuit reversal: trade secret statute of limitations), HP v Oracle (Oracle Corp. (ORCL)  is contractually obligated to continue developing software for Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) Itanium-based servers)     Listen or Download

Summary:  Trade Secrets and the ITC: TianRui v. ITC, 661 F.2d 1322 (Fed. Cir. 2011) [Trade Secrets Behind the Scenes No. 3 (August 2, 2012)] Follow @rmarkhalligan on Twitter  Email:  rmhalligan@nixonpeabody.com Listen or Download