Trade secrets and Business Value - A Presentation by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at the Woxsen School of Business

Trade Secrets and Business Value

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Overview Meaning Terms commonly used Relevant law

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Trade Secret? Any information Independent economic value Not known or Reasonably

ascertainable Reasonable Measures

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Misappropriation Improper conduct Any civil, criminal or tortious act

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Defenses Independent creation Reverse engineering

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Example AnSow, a company that makes and sells

gunny bags, considers its process of making such bags as a trade secret. As any person skilled in the field can easily identify the process by looking at its construction site, AnSow builds a huge wall around it and restricts entry. Toda flies over the construction site and takes photographs.

AnSow sues Toda for misappropriation. Is Toda liable?

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Example Krishna is the CEO of a pharma

company researching on diabetes drugs. Kamala, Krishna's wife copies some materials from his laptop and gives it to her brother for his project. Kamala's brother submits the project to his college, which publishes it.

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Example Joshi is an employee working at a

software company that makes software for cell phones. The company has a stringent security policy but does not have the system of signing agreements with its employees. Joshi copies some softwares from the company's repository and installs on cell phones of his friends.

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Patents Vs. Trade Secrets Reverse Engineering Independent Creation Shelf life Scope of access Facilities …

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Dogs are mysteriously disappearing in the city of gardens, Bangalore. The Dog Mafia is organized, aggressive and ruthless. Overburdened with work, the police are least interested in pursuing complaints of missing dogs. Two young boys, Appu and Chinnu, decide to go after the Dog Mafia.

They get off to a bad start, and lose their beloved dog, Susie, to the Dog Mafia. Their quest for Susie takes them through a journey filled with fun, adventure and enlightenment.

This book will be an interesting read for dog lovers, fun lovers and children.

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Trade secrets and Business Value - A Presentation by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at the Woxsen School of Business