Comments on: Trade Secret Claims No Longer Protecting Source Code from Discovery — So How’s Your Code? http://arborlaw.biz/blog/2007/09/06/trade-secret-and-source-code-discovery/ for entrepreneurs and small business — a legal blog from Arborlaw PLC Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:47:28 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: >> Followup On Trade Secrets In Source Code at a r b o r l a w http://arborlaw.biz/blog/2007/09/06/trade-secret-and-source-code-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-12992 >> Followup On Trade Secrets In Source Code at a r b o r l a w Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:47:28 +0000 http://arborlaw.com/blog/2007/09/06/trade-secret-and-source-code-discovery/#comment-12992 [...] Here’s a followup to “Trade Secret Claims No Longer Protecting Source Code from Discovery — So How’s Your Code?”: [...] [...] Here’s a followup to “Trade Secret Claims No Longer Protecting Source Code from Discovery — So How’s Your Code?”: [...]

]]> By: Arborlaw http://arborlaw.biz/blog/2007/09/06/trade-secret-and-source-code-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-12520 Arborlaw Wed, 21 May 2008 19:03:30 +0000 http://arborlaw.com/blog/2007/09/06/trade-secret-and-source-code-discovery/#comment-12520 An Arizona judge just threw out 49 breath tests performed using the Intoxilyzer 9000 by CMI, based on the company's refusal to make the software source code available for inspection by the defendants facing prosecution. The Intoxilyzer 9000 was adopted for breathalyzer use in law enforcement in 2006. I'm predicting we will start seeing state-by-state legislative initiatives to exempt computer source code from trade secret protection against disclosure in litigation, based on outcomes like this. Link: http://www.abajournal.com/news/breath_tests_axed_in_49_dui_cases_could_be_statewide_issue An Arizona judge just threw out 49 breath tests performed using the Intoxilyzer 9000 by CMI, based on the company’s refusal to make the software source code available for inspection by the defendants facing prosecution. The Intoxilyzer 9000 was adopted for breathalyzer use in law enforcement in 2006.

I’m predicting we will start seeing state-by-state legislative initiatives to exempt computer source code from trade secret protection against disclosure in litigation, based on outcomes like this.

Link: http://www.abajournal.com/news/breath_tests_axed_in_49_dui_cases_could_be_statewide_issue

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