Trade Secrets and Confidential Know-how

Representative experience

Successfully defended a multinational electronics company against a complaint for trade secret misappropriation in connection with solar cell technology – won a motion to dismiss all trade secret claims.

Successfully defended a Taiwanese semiconductor company against claims for trade secret misappropriation in California state court – won a motion to dismiss the case in its entirety.

Successfully defended a semiconductor company in ITC proceedings alleging trade secret and patent violations relating to PMIC technology – won a determination protecting the vast majority of accused products.

Representing a global pharmaceutical company in trade secret litigation involving the transfer of information by a former employee to a competitor.

Acted for a global high frequency trading business to recover business critical confidential source code from a former employee and their new employer, involving simultaneous 24 hour search orders.

Conducted a six-month study published by the European Commission on trade secrets law: completing a comparative law assessment of protection against infringement in Member States.

Represented a European chemicals company in relation to a trade secret misappropriation action brought in connection with the manufacturing process of a synthetic chemical.

Represented a German machinery company in an investigation and further legal actions against its Chinese former employee on the basis of misappropriation of our client’s technical know-how.

Successfully represented a biotech company relating to alleged trade secrets theft by a venture capital firm seeking to invest in our client and a competitor.

Acted for a global chemical company in transatlantic litigation relating to industrial secrets of a world leading antibiotic formula.

Successfully defended a large communications company against damages claims alleging trade secrets misappropriation in connection with the development of air-to-ground telephone technology.

Represented a major software company in a case involving allegations of trade secrets theft relating to operating system software for our client's largest computer systems.