LAW 805 Trade Secrets
This course examines trade secret law, often viewed as a fourth intellectual property regime, by addressing the law and theory applicable to the protection of confidential and proprietary business information ranging from formulas to customer lists. It will include the common law development of trade secrets as well as the philosophical underpinnings in contract, property, and tort law, and the development to the present through the Restatement and the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. It will also examine the relationships between federal and state trade secret law, the relationships between trade secret law and the other three intellectual property regimes, and the relationships between trade secret law and other areas of law, such as law governing business relationships and government operations.