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A Trade Secret is any information, not generally known or easily ascertainable, by which an enterprise develops an economic advantage over competitors or customers. In order to maintain trade secrets' protected legal status, enterprises must make reasonable efforts to keep the information secret and prevent unnecessary disclosure. Trade Secrets may include processes, formulas, methods, designs, patterns, et cetera. less -

Business Court Sends Trade Secret Matter to Trial; Denies Summary Judgment

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 8/6/2025

On July 23, 2025, the North Carolina Business Court denied summary judgment in United Therapeutics Corp. v. Liquidia Technologies, Inc., allowing claims of trade secret misappropriation and unfair trade practices to proceed...more

Tilbury Battles Beauty Dupes with Marketing Savvy—But IP Still Matters

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/16/2025

Charlotte Tilbury is responding to the growing trend of beauty copycats, or dupes, with a sharp focus on marketing. Last month, cosmetics and beauty brand e.l.f. avoided liability for duping competitor Benefit’s Roller...more

Federal District Court Declines to Award ‘Bad Faith’ Fees for Party’s Failure to Sufficiently Identify Trade Secrets in Federal...

ArentFox Schiff on 6/27/2024

Earlier this year, a federal district court judge in the Western District of North Carolina declined to award “bad faith” attorney’s fees under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). See Design Gaps, Inc. v. Hall, No....more

ITC Monthly Wrap-Up: November 2023

Fish & Richardson on 12/4/2023

This month’s International Trade Commission wrap-up focuses on the circumstances in which a complainant can amend its complaint. In particular, on November 2, 2023, Administrative Law Judge Moore denied a complainant’s...more

Is a Former Employee Protected by the ADA? - McGlinchey Commercial Law Bulletin - October 20, 2023

McGlinchey Stafford on 10/20/2023

Hanneman Family Funeral Home & Crematorium v. Orians, Slip. Op. 2023-Ohio-3687. In this discretionary appeal, the Ohio Supreme Court clarified what constitutes a trade secret under Ohio’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act and...more

[Webinar] Artificial Intelligence Litigation Risks for the Medical Technology Industry - August 29th, 2:00 pm ET

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 8/8/2023

Partners Jenny Colgate and Jennifer Maisel will present a webinar titled "Artificial Intelligence Litigation Risks for the Medical Technology Industry" for Medmarc, the leading expert in the products liability risks facing...more

Secrets Exposed: Trade Secrets, Trust, and a Multi-Million Dollar Lesson

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/24/2023

At the beginning of the pandemic, concerns were raised that trade secret misappropriation might take a new form. Indeed, with large swaths of the workforce working from home, spouses, roommates, or others living in the same...more

What Every Multinational Company Should Know About . . . Section 337 Cases at the International Trade Commission

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/13/2023

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) is a fast-paced, high-stakes forum for companies with significant U.S. operations and/or U.S. intellectual property rights. Broad in scope, Section 337 empowers the ITC...more

Is My Electronic Signature Valid? - Commercial Law Bulletin - June 10 2022

McGlinchey Stafford on 6/13/2022

Ohio- Uniform Trade Secrets Act Sal’s Heating & Cooling, Inc. v. Bers Acquisition Co., 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 110685, 2022-Ohio-1756- In this appeal, the Eighth Appellate District affirmed the trial court’s decision,...more

CBD Pain Cream Producer Feels the Pain from Dismissal of its Trade Secrets Claims for Lack of Misappropriation Evidence

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 11/22/2021

A federal magistrate judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in a trade secrets dispute involving CBD-based pain cream, recently granted summary judgment in favor of all but one...more

DOJ Announces ‘China Initiative’ to Investigate and Prosecute Chinese Companies

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/29/2018

On November 1, 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) “China Initiative” with the objective of countering perceived national security threats to the United States from...more

N.C. Business Court Dismisses Most Claims in Employee Misconduct Lawsuit

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 10/29/2018

Earlier this year, the North Carolina Business Court (which handles complex business cases arising in the state) issued a decision that serves as a painful reminder of the consequences of failing to protect your business from...more

Skirmish at the Fountain of Youth

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/27/2018

Twenty years ago the effort to sequence the human genome turned into a race between a consortium of publicly funded institutions and a company called Celera, with Craig Venter at its helm. ...more

Federal Court Rules Against Calzone Franchisor In Meaty Lawsuit Against Former Franchisee

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/15/2017

In a meaty decision involving the intersection of restrictive covenant and franchise law, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio recently denied a request by D.P. Dough Franchising, LLC (“D.P....more

5 Measures International Auto Companies Can Take to Avoid Being Named in an ITC Complaint

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/6/2017

The Automotive Industry is international. That’s no secret. It crosses continents in its industry shows and its proud place in furious pop-culture films. More practically, many companies that operate within the industry have...more

Section 337 and the New Trump Administration: Your Top Ten Questions Answered

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/5/2017

As shown by the recent announcement by the Trump Administration of a Section 232(b) national security review of steel imports, (a type of investigation that has not been used since 2001), there are a number of ways in which...more

ITC Puts 337 Case on Imports of Steel on Hold

King & Spalding on 8/4/2016

On April 26, the United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that certain unfair trade practices relating to the import of steel carbon and alloy steel...more

CardiAQ Wins $70 Million in Trade Secrets Suit

Knobbe Martens on 5/26/2016

A federal jury found in favor of CardiAQ in a lawsuit filed against former service provider, Neovasc. The jury found that Neovasc breached the non-disclosure agreement between the parties, misappropriated CardiAQ’s trade...more

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Features Key Developments in Intellectual Property and Information Technology

King & Spalding on 10/8/2015

On October 5, the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (“TPP”) countries announced that they had resolved all remaining issues and reached a final agreement on the long-anticipated regional free-trade agreement. As King & Spalding...more

California Attorney General’s Open Data Initiative – The Latest in State and Federal Government Efforts to Harness the Power of...

Alston & Bird on 9/22/2015

Early this month, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced a unique data initiative to expand the public’s access to key criminal justice information that has been, to date, largely blocked from public...more

Employer’s Action for Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Against Former In-House Counsel Who Engaged in Competitive Activities Not...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/8/2015

There are indeed limits to the reach of the anti-SLAPP statute, particularly in the trade secret context. In West Hills Research and Development, Inc. v. Terrence M. Wyles, a California appellate court ruled that engaging in...more

Trade Secrets Misappropriation Suit Over Solicitation of Employees - Cypress Semiconductor Corporation v. Maxim Integrated...

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/4/2015

In Cypress Semiconductor Corporation v. Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., the California Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court’s award of $180,817.50 in attorneys’ fees plus costs to Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. as the...more

Order Pierces Allegations Unsupported By Receivable Evidence In Granting Summary Judgment To All Parties In IP Dispute

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/13/2014

In 2011 EarthCam, Inc. (“EarthCam”) brought suit against Richard Hermann (“Hermann”), OxBlue Corporation, Chandler McCormarck, John Paulson, and Brian Mattern (collectively “OxBlue”) asserting corporate espionage to...more

Employers on Either Side of Employee Poaching Should Consider Taking Some (Rather Easy) Steps to Better Protect Themselves

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 9/3/2014

Recently, litigation consultant TrialGraphix Inc. sued its competitor FTI Consulting, Inc. and four former high-ranking employees in New York Supreme Court for allegedly scheming to steal its trade secrets and gain access to...more

3 Data Breach Liability and Care Standards to Know Now

Robins Kaplan LLP on 6/19/2014

Privacy and Cyber Security Litigation (PCS Litigation) has recently experienced extensive growth, particularly when it comes to the liabilities associated with a data breach. PCS Litigation involving data breach may be...more

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