The volume of case law and expanding interest in the area have resulted in major additions to coverage in this edition, especially in the area of privacy. The scope has broadened to include not only trade secrets, but also personal secrets.
Note
Previous edition: The law of trade secrets. 1990. Previous ed. publ. under title: The law of trade secrets, 1990.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction; 2. Jurisdiction; 3. Breach of confidence; 4. Duty arising from a relatiionship: fiduciary relationship; 5. Employee inventors; 6. Third parties; 7. Defense of public interest; 8. Remedies; 9. Personal privacy; 10. Economic torts and secret information; 11. Restraint of trade covenants and trade secrets; 12. Protection of computer software and output; 13. Litigation; 14. Statutory protection of private information; 15. Impact of freedom of information: commercial information, trade secrets and privacy.