Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice Advance Access originally published online on April 17, 2009
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2009 4(6):405-406; doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpp059
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Georgia Court rules that lost revenue from stolen IP is not recoverable under CFAA
Perkins Coie LLP
Andritz, Inc. v Southern Maintenance Contractor, LLC, et al., Case No. 3:08-CV-44 (CDL), 2009 WL 48187 (MD Ga. Jan. 7, 2009)
A US District Court Judge in Georgia ruled that lost revenue caused by the misappropriation of proprietary information and IP from an employer's computer is not recoverable under the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 USC
1030 (CFAA).
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