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Insulet Corp. v. EOFlow, Co. Ltd. Before Dyk , Prost, and Reyna. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Summary : A trade secret misappropriation claim accrues when the plaintiff knew or should have known facts…
Written by : Ben K. Shiroma and Tyler S. Cox INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICES, INC. v. CORNELL Before Dyk , Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Summary : The Federal Circuit held under CUTSA…
Written by : Ian W. Gillies and Eric R. Blosser Key Takeaway : Due to the unique release of the Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin , a federal district court in the Second Circuit has ruled that the album and its music could qualify as a trade…
In intellectual property protection, businesses often face a decision: whether to patent their inventions or maintain them as trade secrets. Both options offer distinct advantages and drawbacks, but understanding the financial implications is essential for…
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a prominent Indian software conglomerate, has recently been embroiled in a legal battle with DXC Technology , resulting in a substantial setback. A federal court in Dallas, Texas, handed down a verdict against TCS,…
Tomorrow, we will release our fourth annual ITC Intelligence Report, which focuses on the International Trade Commission Section 337 investigations filed under Section 337 in the last six years between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2022. The report…
Back in 2021, a Stanford University team of scientists made headlines as they managed to reverse engineer the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from just drops in discarded vials. The team determined the sequence of the mRNA for the vaccine and later posted it on…
Just this Monday, following a seven-week long trial, a jury in the Fairfax County Circuit Court awarded Appian with over $2 billion as damages after their lawsuit filed in May 2020. Appian alleged that Pegasystems had engaged in corporate espionage and…
You have to meet three conditions in order to achieve trade secret status, protect the information from being disclosed, the secret must have economic value, and the trade secret must remain known to a limited group of people. Provided that your…
From its origins in France, the perfume industry has had a reputation for secrecy since the sixteenth century where the masters carefully guarded their formulas. This has probably influenced the perfumes to be protected usually by trade secrets. However…
Just yesterday Cartier filed a lawsuit in a New York state court in Manhattan where it accuses its luxury rival Tiffany & Co of stealing trade secrets. Back in December, Tiffany had hired an employee that previously worked under Cartier despite the…
Just this Monday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the DC order which dismissed the Alabama Aircraft Industries claims of trade secret misappropriation. According to the decision, the lower court erred in their decision that the…
