California Agreement Not to Disclose Trade Secrets
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The court rejected application of the inevitable disclosure doctrine as incompatible with California law. Specifically, the doctrine "creates a de facto covenant not to compete" and "runs counter to the strong public policy in California favoring employee mobility" Schlage Lock, 101 Cal.
Until recently, civil trade secret cases were governed by state law, not federal law. All U.S. states except Massachusetts and New York have adopted the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, an act developed to enable consistency among the various states.
If he or his agent or employee claims the privilege, the owner of a trade secret has a privilege to refuse to disclose the secret, and to prevent another from disclosing it, if the allowance of the privilege will not tend to conceal fraud or otherwise work injustice. (Enacted by Stats.
Trade secrets may be disclosed during meetings between parties. Ideally, such disclosures are made under a confidential disclosure or nondisclosure agreement, and should always reveal only as much trade secret information as is required under the circumstances.
Trade secrets are typically protected by nondisclosure agreements (NDAs). California is one of the many states that have adopted the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. California's trade secret law can be found at Cal. Civil Code § A§ 3426-3426.11.
The court determined that California does not recognize the inevitable disclosure doctrine and refused to grant an injunction merely because of the employee's knowledge of trade secrets and subsequent change of employers.
Trade Secrets Act This statute, enacted in 1948, is actually of narrow applicability. It forbids federal government employees and government contractors from making an unauthorized disclosure of confidential government information, including trade secrets.
§ 1836(b)(2)). The DTSA provides criminal and civil immunity under federal and state law for employees, consultants, and contractors who make disclosures to government authorities or attorneys regarding a suspected violation of law or in a complaint or other court filing made under seal.
The Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine. The principle underlying the inevitable disclosure doctrine is that, in some circumstances, the probability that an employee would reveal trade secrets is sufficiently high that a court may enjoin the employment to prevent the disclosure from occurring.
Adoption by U.S. states As of June 2019, the UTSA has been adopted by all states except New York and North Carolina (but its law is very similar and seems to borrow heavily from the act 1).
