Use Of Trade Secrets Mistakenly Sent By Email Can Be A Violation Of The Uniform Trade Secret Act

In Ideal Aerosmith Inc. v. Acutronic USA, Inc., 87 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1341, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania found that a valid claim of trade secret misappropriation had been plead and denied a motion to dismiss where the defendant allegedly received the trade secrets through misdirected emails. The defendant allegedly read the emails and used the trade secret information to compete against plaintiff.

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