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July 7 (Reuters) - Twitter's claim that Meta Platforms (META.O) stole trade secrets to build its new microblogging site may be the first volley in a legal battle between the social media giants, but experts say Twitter would have to clear a high hurdle if it sues...
In a letter sent on Wednesday, Twitter alleged that Meta used its trade secrets to develop its new social media platform, Threads, 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...
Paul, Minnesota, 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.. Companies often bring trade-secret cases only to find their claims are not as strong as they thought, experts said.. Sandeen pointed to the high-profile legal battle between Alphabet's (GOOGL.O).
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