Sorry, folks, no cheeky title here – this is serious business.  Theft of trade secrets is a significant threat to businesses, and the country’s economic growth – by some estimates, trade secret theft and economic espionage cost the U.S. economy tens, and perhaps even hundreds, of billions of dollars each year (see https://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/combating-economic-espionage-and-trade-secret-theft). On the federal level, the primary weapon against such theft has been the Economic Espionage Act.  The Economic Espionage Act had a significant shortcoming, however – it only allowed for criminal and civil action to be taken by the federal government.  The actual victims of trade secret […]

Our original iPhone Developer Legal Guide, posted half a year ago, garnered a really great set of responses from the development community.  Some responses contained very helpful and constructive criticisms on things the Guide should have included as well as a correction or two that needed making.  Taking into consideration this valuable input, we are happy to announce today the release of Version 2 of the Guide, which is now over twice as long and includes a helpful list of Resources. We will continue to update the Legal Guide and we hope it will long be the first and best […]