Intellectual Property Law
New Matter SPRING 2023, VOLUME 48, EDITION 1
Content
- 2023 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- ANDY WARHOL PART I: Fair Use, Art Appropriation, Transformation, Equity Justice and Cultural Equity under the Constitution: Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith
- ANDY WARHOL PART II: Fair Use Preemption, Predictions and More on the U.S. Supreme Court Andy Warhol Foundation Case
- Federal Circuit Report
- Intellectual Property Rights and the Russia-ukraine War
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECTION Executive Committee 2022-2023
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECTION Interest Group Representatives 2022-2023
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECTION NEW MATTER Editorial board
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
- Letter From the Chair
- Letter From the Editor-in-chief
- Ninth Circuit Report
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- Quarterly International Ip Law Update
- Table of Contents
- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
- THE SUPREME COURT FAILS TO RECONCILE 35 U.S.C. § 112
- Trade Secret Report
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- The Licensing Corner
THE LICENSING CORNER
Sean Hogle
Rooney Nimmo PC
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS THAT FAIL TO PROTECT TRADE SECRETS
A trade secret is a unique and singular form of intellectual property. Its value is fundamentally derived from one overriding attribute: it’s a secret. It’s not generally known or ascertainable among those who could profit from its use. If it becomes so, it’s no longer protected by law—rather, it’s in the public domain, and anyone is free to use it (absent any patents that may apply). Hence the enterprise with trade secrets takes fierce measures to protect their secrecy, and to be seen as doing so via convincing proof.