Even the New York Times Recognizes the Trade Secrets Problem

There’s an old saw that if something is in the New York Times, it has arrived as a trend (and if it’s on the cover of Time Magazine, it’s over).

Well trade secrets, and specifically the phenomenon of employees stealing trade secrets on behalf of foreign competitors, is now officially a trend.

The case of Mr. Huang and Dow Chemical is the jumping off point for the coverage.

We’ve been covering these cases for five years now, but welcome the New York Times to the beat.