Aleynikov Case Continues to Grab Headlines in Trade Secrets Community

Last year, Sergey Aleynikov, a computer programmer, beat federal charges of trade secret theft under the Economic Espionage Act. Although Aleynikov was initially convicted, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned his conviction, finding that the trade secrets relating to the source code Aleynikov had taken were not related to a product “produced for. . . interstate or foreign commerce,” and thus, were not entitled to protection under the Act. See John Marsh’s excellent blog post for additional information on the Second Circuit case.

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