On June 15, 2026, a federal court in San Francisco dismissed xAI's trade secret claims against OpenAI with prejudice.

Trade secret protection can be the reason a business survives, or is one day sold for a lot of money. Not protecting trade secrets can result in business failure or mediocrity. A trade secret may be a ...

An examination of the trade secret risks posed by the integration of generative AI (GenAI) and agentic AI into core business ...

Xuelan Yue of Liu Shen & Associates draws on several ‘model cases’ put forward by the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court of China to highlight trends in trade secret ...

CommentaryAttorney Analysis from Westlaw Today, a part of Thomson Reuters. September 23, 2024 - The issue in Compulife Software, Inc. v. Newman, No. 21-14074 (11th Cir. Aug. 1, 2024) was whether ...

"I think that courts are going to approach the question of the intersection between trade secrets and AI, and apply well ...

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we will explore the age-old question about whether it is best to keep an innovation as a trade secret or if it makes sense to seek patent protection. And while this ...

At a recent trade secret conference, several speakers highlighted a problem with a common industry practice related to non-disclosure agreements. In particular, NDAs are often drafted such that they ...

Trade secrets are a cornerstone in the strategic architecture of businesses, representing invaluable assets that give it a competitive edge. These could encompass formulas, practices, processes, ...