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Workshop on Trade Secrecy

Conference of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy

Lipton Hall
NYU School of Law

February 20-21, 2009

Agenda PDF

Speakers and Topics are as follows:

Friday, February 20: 8:30-5:00PM

Trade Secrecy Fundamentals

Victoria A. Cundiff, PaulHastings
Equitable Remedies in Trade Secret Disputes

Valeria Falce, Universita Europea of Rome
Trade Secrets as IPRs? The (Unhappy) Italian Case PDF

Charles Tait Graves, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Trade Secrecy and Common Law Confidentiality: The Problem of Multiple Regimes PDF

Jerome H. Reichman, Duke University School of Law
Much Ado About Something: How Trade Secret Law Generates a Natural Semicommons of Innovative Know-How PDF

Sharon K. Sandeen, Hamline University Law School
The Limits of Trade Secret Law: The Untold Story of Article 39 of TRIPS and the Limited Scope of Trade Secret Protection in the United States PDF

Trade Secrecy and its Relationship to Other Forms of Intellectual Property Protection

John F. Duffy, The George Washington University Law School
Interpreting Patents in Light of Trade Secrets

Mark A. Lemley, Stanford Law School
The Surprising Virtues of Treating Trade Secrets as IP Rights PDF 

Trade Secrecy and its Relationship to Other Forms of Intellectual Property Protection (cont'd)

Maureen A. O'Rourke, Boston University School of Law
Trade Secrecy Law and Its Challenges for Drafting a Uniform Software Contracting Law PDF

Michael V. Risch, West Virginia University College of Law
Trade Secret Law and Information Development Incentives PDF

Diane L. Zimmerman, NYU School of Law
Trade Secrets and the "Philosophy" of Copyright PDF

Trade Secrecy and Open Innovation Processes

Robert Bone, Boston University School of Law
Trade Secrecy, Innovation, and the Requirement of Reasonable Secrecy Precautions PDF Cover Memo

Doris E. Long, The John Marshall Law School
Trade Secrets and Traditional Knowledge: Strengthening International Protection of Indigenous Innovation PDF

Michael J. Madison, University of Pittsburg School of Law
Open Secrets PDF

Michael J. Meurer, Boston University School of Law
Trade Secrecy, Labor Mobility, and Start-ups

Frank Pasquale, Seton Hall Law School
Balancing Fairness and Innovation in a Gamer Culture: Trade Secrecy, Qualified Transparency, and Trusted Institutions PDF

Geertrui van Overwalle, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Trade Secrecy, Patents, and the Goal of Promoting Disclosure

Saturday, February 21: 9:00-2:00PM

Impact of Trade Secrecy on Other Public Policy Arenas

Rebecca S. Eisenberg, University of Michigan Law School
Patents and Public Health: The Significance of Date Exclusivity

Harry First, NYU School of Law
Trade Secrets and Antitrust Law PDF

David S. Levine, Charlotte School of Law
The Impact of Trade Secrecy on Public Transparency PDF

Mary L. Lyndon, St. John's University School of Law
An Aquatic Invasive Species: Trade Secrets in Environmental Law PDF

Pamela Samuelson, University of California at Berkeley
Mediating Conflicts Between Trade Secrets and the First Amendment PDF

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