Arch & Lake LLP helps U.S. and international companies protect valuable technical and business information and resolve trade secret and unfair competition disputes. We represent rights holders and accused parties in federal and state courts, before the U.S. International Trade Commission, and on appeal.
Protecting Trade Secrets
We help clients identify confidential information, assess potential exposure, and establish practical safeguards. Our services include:
* Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements
* Employee and contractor invention-assignment agreements
* Non-solicitation and other restrictive covenants where permitted by law
* Trade secret policies and protection programs
* Employee onboarding and departure procedures
* Supplier, joint-development, and third-party agreements
* Internal investigations and incident-response planning
Trade Secret Litigation
Our attorneys handle disputes involving alleged theft or misuse of source code, technical information, product designs, manufacturing processes, customer information, pricing data, and other confidential business assets.
Our experience includes emergency injunctive relief, forensic investigations, cross-border discovery, employee-mobility disputes, breach-of-confidentiality claims, unfair competition, ITC Section 337 investigations, and appeals.
Selected Representative Matters
OLED Manufacturing Trade Secrets—ITC Investigation
Counsel for respondents, including a leading Chinese display-panel manufacturer, in Certain Organic Light-Emitting Diode Display Modules and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1378, a Section 337 investigation involving alleged misappropriation of OLED manufacturing trade secrets. Our team took and defended dozens of fact and expert depositions in Hong Kong, Korea, and the United States and presented the client’s witnesses at the evidentiary hearing. The investigation and related disputes were resolved by settlement.
Confidential Customer and Bid Information—State and Federal Litigation
Represented Beijing Neu Cloud Oriental System Technology Co., Ltd. in parallel proceedings against IBM in New York Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, followed by an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The disputes involved alleged misuse of confidential customer and bid information and included claims under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and New York law for unfair competition and related business torts.
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Discuss a Trade Secret Matter
If your company needs to protect confidential information, investigate suspected misuse, or respond to a trade secret or unfair competition claim, contact our team.
Email: info@archlakelaw.com
Results depend on the facts and circumstances of each matter and do not guarantee a similar outcome.