Appeals Court Upholds Synopsys Victory in Trade Secrets Suit

Info Synopsys Took From Risk Based Security Doesn't Meet 'Trade Secret' Definition
A federal appeals court affirmed that Synopsys didn't steal trade secrets from Risk Based Security by creating its own database of open-source code vulnerabilities. The data was not ruled a trade secret because Risk Based Security doesn't derive "independent economic value" from keeping it secret.

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