Intellectual Property and Assessing its Financial Value

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Overview

A policy should also define storage of the information when an

employee is away from his/her work station, and may include a locked

or secured central storage area. The reason for this high level of security

is that in a misappropriation lawsuit a court’s inquiry will not only focus

on the bad acts of the accused party, but will also examine and consider

whether the company defending its trade secret rights adequately

maintained and safeguarded its secrets.

Notes

1. Kemin Foods, LC versus Pigmentos Vegetales Del Centro SA de CV, 464

F.3d 1339, Fed. Cir., 2006.

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