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UTSA Preemp+on and the Public Domain: How Courts Have Overlooked Patent Preemp5on of State Law Claims Alleging Employee Wrongdoing Elizabeth Tippe? Charles Tait Graves Partner Assistant Professor Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosa5

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UTSA Preemp+on and the Public Domain: How Courts Have Overlooked Patent Preemp5on of State Law Claims Alleging Employee Wrongdoing

Charles Tait Graves

Partner Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosa5

Forthcoming, 65 RUTGERS L. REV. __ (2012/13)

Elizabeth Tippe?

Assistant Professor University of Oregon School of Law

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Majority and Minority Posi5ons on Preemp5on under the UTSA

Majority posi+on – Single Tier of Protected Informa+on The UTSA preempts common law claims arising from the same facts as a trade secret claim. UTSA claims represent the exclusive tort remedy for allega5ons that a party misused non‐public business informa5on. Minority posi+on – Second Tier of Protected Informa+on Overlapping common law tort claims are available for a informa5on cons5tu5ng a failed trade secret claim. Courts typically refer to the informa5on as “proprietary” or “confiden5al but not secret.”

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Majority vs. Minority Posi5on

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What Kinds of Informa5on are Minority Posi5on States Protec5ng, and Why?

Common defini5on of trade secrecy under the UTSA: (1) Informa5on that … derives independent economic value, actual or poten5al, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure

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