Professor Doris Long Sees Trade Secret Protection Finally Moving Center Stage

April 27 – Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Professor Doris Estelle Long authored column

Cyberspace has proven surprisingly vulnerable to attack. Even the Chinese government, al-Qaida and Citigroup have seen their websites taken down in recent weeks. As battle for cyberspace heats up, the vulnerability of cyber information has moved to the center of national intellectual property strategies. In the just-released 2011 Report on Intellectual Property Enforcement by the U.S. intellectual property enforcement coordinator (colloquially called “the IP czar”), enhanced trade secret protection was listed among the U.S. government’s priorities. Yet both domestic and international enforcement remain woefully outdated.

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