The Defend Trade Secrets Act Creates a Federal Option for Addressing Misappropriation

摘要

On May 11, 2016, former President Barack Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), calling it "a strong enforcement bill that allows us not only to go after folks who are stealing trade secrets through criminal actions, but also through civil actions, and hurt them where it counts in their pocketbook."2 The former president underscored one of the reasons that the DTSA passed unanimously in the Senate and by a vote of 410-2 in the House. It's important.Very important.