The Noel Humphreys IP BuzzDedicated to commentary on copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and patents and legal issues centered on software, knowledge management, outsourcing, virtual organizations, ASP's and contracts. This is NOT legal advice.Streisand v. the public's right to know.....- September 14, 2003 Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 11:29:33 -0400 From: Mike Anderson Subject: Re: IP Streisand versus Coastal Photo Effort To: davefarber.net Really interesting story, Dave, and check out that house: http:www.californiacoastline.orgcgi-binimage.cgiimage=3850&mode=big&lastmode=sequential&flags=0 Mike From: "Dave Farber" To: Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 2:09 AM Subject: IP Streisand versus Coastal Photo Effort Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 08:20:19 -0700 Subject: Streisand versus Coastal Photo...http://radio.weblogs.com/0114730/2003/09/14.html#a346 More on Bunner, from the California Supreme Court.....- September 1, 2003 Just because it can be reverse engineered doesn't make it not a trade secret. A trade secret may be possessed by more than one person. The key is whether the supposedly secret facts are known to others. The fact may be well known within a particular industry, even if it is not well known to the public. A fact that is known within the industry is not a trade secret because it lacks the quality of secretness that it key to the characterization as a trade secret. Bunner himself did not...http://radio.weblogs.com/0114730/2003/09/01.html#a345 Bunner, From the California Supreme Court- September 1, 2003 The Bunner case reminds us tht protectinig trade secrets is part of the inherent quality of the trade secret. Some insights from the case: ONE: If it's not a secret, it's not a trade secret. TWO: The measures that the trade secret's possessor needs to take to protect the secret vary with the value of the secret. The California supreme court decision in the case did not dwell on this because of the procedural posture of the case, however. THREE: As the dissent noted, the question of whether...http://radio.weblogs.com/0114730/2003/09/01.html#a344 Gillmor on Privacy today......- September 1, 2003 http:www.siliconvalley.commldsiliconvalley6293890.htm Privacy rights under threat by lawmakers By Dan Gillmor, Mercury News Technology Columnist In the constant battle to preserve what's left of our privacy and roll back some of the invasions we've already suffered, one reality is all too clear: Elected officials are not on our side. Last week brought the latest perversion of the public will, the cowardly refusal of the California Legislature to enact even modest improvements in financial...http://radio.weblogs.com/0114730/2003/09/01.html#a343 RFID- September 1, 2003 RFIDs will have a huge effect in discovery patterns that people didn't know before. This will create a huge business in discovering that information and using that information. Businessmen will have to protect that information zealously. RFID, wireless and GPS will enable many new products and services. These new items of information will be trade secrets. Don't forget to protect them. Intellectual property law rewards those who aggressively defend their secrets and their...http://radio.weblogs.com/0114730/2003/09/01.html#a342 |