Many innovative small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face unique challenges in protecting their intellectual property (IP). Potential theft of trade secrets is a key feature of these challenges, which arises often in the context of disputes related to employee mobility. Despite the risks these...

The absence of a statutorily-granted civil right of action has long been a feature of the law of trade secrets and confidential information in Canada — one keeping this law in proximity to its English antecedents and distinct from legislative developments in the United States. However,...