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Whether under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) or under state law uniform trade secrets acts (“UTSA”), assessing monetary damages in trade secret misappropriation cases is rarely easy. By definition, trade secrets lose their value once they lose their secrecy, but the lost value is often difficult to monetize. Calculating damages for misappropriation should account for the lost value of the trade secret “asset,” but courts often lose sight of this calculus in fixing damages. Lost profits, unjust enrichment, and reasonable royalties are common measures of damages in trade secret misappropriation cases, but there is another rarely considered measure of damages: the diminution in value of a plaintiff’s trade secret caused by the misappropriation. Damages for the diminution in value of a trade secret are a form of compensatory damages, though some courts will grant injunctive relief due to the difficulty in valuing t
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May a plaintiff bring a DTSA claim
for the continued misappropriation of trade secrets that occurs
after the DTSA went into effect, even if the initial
misappropriated occurred before the DTSA was effective?
Does the publication of a patent
application containing the trade secrets at issue in a DTSA claim
prevent the plaintiff from asserting the DTSA claim?
The Ninth Circuit answered No to the first question
and Yes to the second question.
First, the Court determined that a DTSA claim may arise from
continued misappropriation that occurred after the DTSA went into
effect even if the initial disclosure of the trade secret occurred
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