The Trade Secrets Vault


"The intent of this blog is to raise consciousness as to the range, extent, predominance and role trade secrets play in day-to-day business and legal environments. The sources of the blogs vary from new on the Web, proprietary sources on the hidden web, jury verdicts, court opinions, reports by government and nongovernmental organizations around the globe as well as fun stuff such as trivia questions about products that are the subject of trade secrets."

Author: Jon R. Cavicchi is intellectual property librarian and assistant professor of research at Franklin Pierce Law Center.

Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Patent Law • Trademark Law • Franklin Pierce Law Center • Law Professor • Librarian

Recent Posts from The Trade Secrets Vault


  • Stash of weapons in car found 'accidentally'

    BY KIM BOLAN VANCOUVER SUN An RCMP officer installing a secret tracking device in a Bacon brothers' vehicle said he was not looking for guns when he stumbled on a hidden compartment containing four loaded…

  • Inventing a Better Patent System

    By ROBERT C. POZEN GARY LOCKE, the secretary of commerce, has urged Congress to overhaul the nation's patent law by the end of the year. Although a bill has been circulating since 2005, a fierce…

  • Microsoft, ex-worker settle claims

    By Elinor Mills Microsoft sued a former employee earlier this year for allegedly stealing trade secrets that were later used in a patent lawsuit against Microsoft partners, in which Microsoft later intervened as a party-defendant.…

  • Zeropoint Risk Research And Processunity Annouce New Risk Analysis Tool

    By: Susan Shea Enterprise Threat Assessments Reduce Intellectual Property Theft, Identity Theft and Organizational Risk First detailed in the book, "THREAT! Managing Risk in a Hostile World," by ZeroPoint Risk Research president MacDonnell Ulsch, the…

  • Cracking the code

    By Drew C. Wilson Havelock News A self-described computer geek, Richard Rogers believes he has cracked a code that has eluded scholars and researchers for more than 500 years. Mystery has always surrounded the Voynich…

  • Cost to build Plant Vogtle reactors falls

    By Walter C. Jones Morris News Service The official price tag for Georgia Power's share of two new reactors at Plant Vogtle is $1.5 billion lower than when the company requested permission to build them,…

  • SMIC chief resigns after dispute settlement on trade secrets

    Source: Global Times Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), a Shanghai-based contract chipmaker, announced Tuesday that Richard Chang resigned as the chief executive after the settlement of a long-running patent litigation. Chang will be replaced by David…

  • Ex-Home Depot manager faces theft charges in Ga.

    The Associated Press ATLANTA -- A former Home Depot Inc. manager is facing federal charges that he shared the Atlanta-based retail giant's trade secrets with a potential vendor. Prosecutors say in court filings that Martinez…

  • RedTube Claims WEG Leaked Trade Secrets, Cybersquats

    By Rhett Pardon XBIZ.com Operators of RedTube.com filed a lawsuit against WEG, claiming the company scooped up a number of RedTube domain names with the intention to divert and acquire its traffic and profits. The…

  • The high cost of defaulting

    Two individuals, Charles Joyce and James Voigt, sued PepsiCo and two Pepsi distributors in a Wisconsin state court, claiming that nearly 20 years earlier, they had spoken confidentially with the distributors about the idea of…