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Progress on Federal Trade Secrets Legislation

By Covington Team on September 19, 2014

Posted in Congressional Action, Trade Agreements

Earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee took an important step in the effort to create a federal right of action for the misappropriation of a trade secret. We have blogged before on this legislation. On Wednesday, the Committee voted to approve the legislation.

Led by Chairman Bob Goodlatte …
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Trade Secrets Legislation Introduced in the House of Representatives

By Covington Team on July 30, 2014

Posted in Congressional Action, Intellectual Property Protection

Yesterday, a bipartisan group of key lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee joined Rep. George Holding in introducing H.R. 5233, the Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2014, a bill to create a federal civil remedy for trade secret theft. Reps. Jerrold Nadler, Howard Coble, John Conyers, Jr., Steve Chabot, and…
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