Why Twitter could lose if it sues Meta over Threads
Meta Platforms stole trade secrets to build its new social media site may be the first volley in a legal battle between the social media giants, but experts sayIn a letter sent on Wednesday, Twitter alleged that Meta used its trade secrets to develop its new social media platform,, and demanded that it stop using the information.
Legal experts said that while many companies have accused competitors that hired former employees and have a similar product of stealing trade secrets, the cases are difficult to prove. But the question of what constitutes a “reasonable effort” can be tricky, he said. “The courts are pretty clear that you can’t just wave your hands and say something is a trade secret. On the other hand, you don’t have to lock everything down so much that nobody can use the information.”Meta launched Threads on Wednesday in what could be the first real threat to Twitter, which has alienated many users and advertisers since billionaire Elon Musk bought the company last year.
One element courts look at is whether a company made clear to employees that the specific information at issue was a trade secret.Sharon Sandeen, a professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in the US, said that companies have lost trade- secret cases when they claimed that employees were bound by broad agreements designating all the company’s information as confidential.Courts have said that employees have no way of knowing from such sweeping language what is and is not confidential, she said.
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