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Contract and Trade Secrets law seem like topics much more likely to be on the mind of a law student than a Harvard freshman during reading period. But as reported on Wednesday in The Crimson, for Nicholas M. Ciarelli ’08, these subjects have just become very important: Nick has been sued by Apple Computer, Inc. His alleged crime? A post he made to a popular Mac rumor mill he runs (www.thinksecret.com), describing products that he said were to be announced at the MacWorld expo keynote address by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, which occurred this past Tuesday...
...suit, filed in the Superior Court of California in Santa Clara County, alleges that Ciarelli induced employees of Apple or Apple affiliates to reveal proprietary information in violation of contractual agreements, and then released known trade secrets to the public. These employees are also targeted by the lawsuit, though their names are not yet known: Apple hopes to compel Think Secret to release the details of its communication with its sources so that the company can ascertain their identities and seeks damages from Think Secret directly for publishing its findings...
...corporate trade secret. We also ought to ask whether the information about upcoming product announcements counts as a “matter of public importance.” It does appear that Think Secret’s actions are in violation of the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act, as Ciarelli probably knew that what he was disclosing had been “derived from...a person who had utilized improper means to acquire it.” And Apple, as their claim makes clear, most certainly takes steps to protect the privacy of information of the sort that was revealed...
...Staff writer Nicholas M. Ciarelli can be reached at ciarelli@fas.harvard.edu
...view, it is crucial that a reporter have the ability to maintain the confidentiality of his or her sources. And I think the public realizes this, since the news has been filled lately with instances of journalists being forced to reveal confidential sources,” Ciarelli wrote...