On September 29, 2022, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) announced a return to in person hearings, including Section 337 Investigations. Section 337 investigations conducted by the ITC often involve claims regarding intellectual property rights including allegations of patent infringement, trademark infringement, and trade secret misappropriation against goods being imported into the United States. […]
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New Managing Director Alexander Clemons
Ocean Tomo is pleased to announce the promotion of Alexander Clemons, JD, MBA to Managing Director in the firm’s Financial Experts Intellectual Property Disputes practice out of the firm’s Chicago headquarters. This practice area quantifies financial damages arising from intellectual property disputes and provides general litigation support. Prior to joining Ocean Tomo, Mr. Clemons worked […]
Valuable, but vulnerable
Once developed, a trade secret can continue to exist if its owner takes reasonable measures (or makes reasonable efforts) to maintain its secrecy. Reasonable measures are, of course, a legal requirement. Importantly, a trade secret still may be misappropriated even if it is the subject of reasonable measures. So, a prudent trade secret owner’s goal […]