Obama signs trade secrets bill, allowing companies to sue

USA Today: WASHINGTON — President Obama signed a bill Wednesday allowing companies to sue to defend their trade secrets.

The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, adds a civil component to the federal law making it a crime to steal intellectual property. Lawmakers said criminal penalties remain an important deterrent, but that the FBI's resources to investigate and prosecute trade secret theft are limited.

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