Trade Secret expert witness: A trade secret expert witness provides technical analysis in order to provide an opinion concerning misappropriation of a trade secret, which is secret information that confers a competitive business advantage to the holder of the trade secret by virtue of not being known to competitors. [1]).
Typical issues a trade secret expert witness in the information technology area might analyze include how the look-and-feel of a system compared to others, the similarities between systems, the differences between systems, whether technology or techniques were widely known in the industry, among many other aspects.
1. http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/basics-trade-secret-claim
Bernard J. Jansen, Jim Jansen, Jansen Expert Witnessing (current as of 2024)
Typical issues a trade secret expert witness in the information technology area might analyze include how the look-and-feel of a system compared to others, the similarities between systems, the differences between systems, whether technology or techniques were widely known in the industry, among many other aspects.
1. http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/basics-trade-secret-claim
Bernard J. Jansen, Jim Jansen, Jansen Expert Witnessing (current as of 2024)