US trade secrets law turns 10: DTSA fills IP gap in digital era
By Steve Scherer ( May 7, 2026, 18:42 GMT | Comment) -- A decade after its enactment, the Defend Trade Secrets Act has become the dominant vehicle for trade secret enforcement in the US. Practitioners say the statute has brought consistency to a once-fragmented area of law while expanding the role of trade secrets in protecting digital assets.When Congress passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act in 2016 with near-unanimous bipartisan support, it aimed to fix a longstanding gap in US intellectual property law: the lack of a federal civil remedy for trade secret theft....
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