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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed the Combating Corporate Espionage in Florida Act into law, and it will take effect on October 1, 2021. The new law was created to protect intellectual property in Florida from theft by foreign governments and their agents – but the Act also creates important new considerations for employers in their efforts to protect their closely held trade secrets. Likewise, the Act also re-emphasizes considerations for employers who hire employees from their competitors. What do Florida employers need to know about this new law, and what are the five steps you should consider taking to put yourself in the best position to protect your trade secrets?
Digiport, Inc. v. Foram Development BFC, LLC, Case No. 3D18-1651 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020).
The question of whether an idea constitutes a “trade secret” under the Florida Uniform Trade Secrets Act is typically a fact issue, and thus summary judgment cannot be granted for a claim that the design of a data center for a building constitutes a trade secret.
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page 1 mcglinchey.com Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XIII, Issue 51 December 22, 2020 Manuel Farach Digiport, Inc. v. Foram Development BFC, LLC, Case No. 3D18-1651 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020). The question of whether an idea constitutes a “trade secret” under the Florida Uniform Trade Secrets Act is typically a fact issue, and thus summary judgment cannot be granted for a claim that design of a data center for a building constitutes a trade secret. Koyfman v. 1572 Pledger LLC, Case No. 3D19-1521 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020). On rehearing, the Third District re-affirms t
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Fla. Court Revives Suit Over Copycat Commercial Data Center
Law360, Miami (December 16, 2020, 6:45 PM EST) A Florida appeals court on Wednesday revived part of data services company Digiport Inc. s lawsuit accusing a real estate development company of using trade secrets to build a data center in Miami, ruling that the question of whether Digiport s business concept is a trade secret should go to a jury.
Florida s Third District Court of Appeal said there is a factual issue with regard to Digiport s claim under the Florida Uniform Trade Secrets Act against real estate company Foram Development BFC LLC, which Digiport says built a centralized tenant data center in its commercial office building that was exactly like the.