AgentWare v. Ford Motor Company — Jury Trial Defended Ford
in trade secrets case relating to computer software for assembly line visualization.
Represented an aerospace coating manufacturing and systems integration company
in a trade secrets case against former employees, resulting in a favorable resolution and judgment in favor of the client.
A recent issue of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly features Shannon Lynch in an article titled «Counterclaim
in trade secrets case isn't SLAPP suit.»
«As the world becomes more advanced, technology just becomes worth more,» says Peter Toren, a former federal prosecutor and a litigator with Weisbrod Matteis & Copley in Washington, D.C., who specializes
in trade secrets cases.
Shannon M. Lynch, an employment attorney in Boston who handles trade secret cases, said the decision is similar in reasoning to Brooks Automation, Inc. v. Blueshift Technologies, Inc., a 2007 decision in which the Appeals Court also rejected a company's attempt to categorize a counterclaim
in a trade secret case as a SLAPP suit.
Moderator, «Proving (or Attacking) Lost Profits Damages
in Trade Secrets Cases and Other Cases» (TexasBarCLE webast, 2016)
Time is of the essence
in trade secrets cases.
Panelist, «Obtaining Injunctive Relief
in Trade Secret Cases,» 37th Annual IP Institute of the State Bar of California, November 8, 2012
Plaintiff obtained a default judgment of $ 25,000, plus $ 144,103 in attorney's fees under Civil Code section 3426.4 (a fee shifting statutory provision applicable
in trade secret cases), and $ 16,497 in costs.
Summary judgments motions are 50/50 propositions at best, but
in trade secrets cases the legal standards push that down closer to 40 percent.
Not exact matches
Alphabet's (goog) Waymo self - driving car unit asked a U.S. judge on Monday to postpone an upcoming
trade secrets trial against Uber Technologies (uber), so Waymo could investigate whether Uber withheld important evidence
in the
case.
In some
cases, they face jail time and massive fines for network intrusion and theft of
trade secrets both classified as federal crimes.
But a business that hasn't applied for copyrights or patents, registered its
trade name and trademark, or protected its
trade secrets — and actively defended them — may have trouble making its
case in court.
In Uber's situation, chat logs that could help get to the bottom of the
trade secrets case are now inaccessible.
«On a general level, there can be practical barriers to pursuit of a criminal
case, such as the victim company's fear of embarrassment, reputational damage, or the perceived risk — real or not — that their
trade secrets will be exposed
in a court proceeding,» said Brooke French, shareholder at law firm Carlton Fields.
At issue
in Salman's appeal is whether the government
in insider
trading cases must prove that an alleged source of corporate
secrets like the brother -
in - law received a tangible benefit like cash
in exchange for any tips.
Even if a jury finds that Uber stole Waymo
trade secrets, Uber says
in court filings that its engineers have designed around the Waymo technology at issue
in the
case.
Now, Alphabet, which filed a lawsuit against self - driving truck startup Otto and Uber for patent infringement and stealing
trade secrets back
in February, says the contents of the letter might contain information that could be relevant to the
case.
The judge
in the
case, William Alsup, and the jury that has yet to be selected have a difficult task ahead of them as they eventually work to determine whether Uber is guilty of misappropriating
trade secrets.
In the case where an employee may have inappropriately disclosed a trade secret, the courts will examine the following in order to establish wrongdoin
In the
case where an employee may have inappropriately disclosed a
trade secret, the courts will examine the following
in order to establish wrongdoin
in order to establish wrongdoing:
«Even beyond the
trade secrets Waymo listed at the outset of this
case, the new evidence indicates that there is other proprietary information, contained
in the new documents, that made its way to Defendants,» Alphabet wrote
in a new filing.
«
In many
cases the algorithms are held up as
trade secrets, so there's a competitive advantage to remaining non-transparent.»
There had been the
case of Barnes & Noble being involved
in a dispute with Spring Design on a
trade secret issue.
The developer failed
in its court
case however, and last November a North Carolina judge ordered the studio to pay up $ 4.5 million to Epic, which had successfully argued that Silicon Knights had stolen
trade secrets with regards to UE3.
You might keep it a
trade secret by limiting who knows about it,
in which
case, it's yours as long as you keep it a
secret and no one else independently figures it out.
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper thinks the state's legislation will become a model for other states, according to the Denver Post, because it goes further than other states with disclosure laws by requiring all chemicals to be named (or
in cases where the oil and gas commission is convinced a specific chemical should be kept a
trade secret, then the chemical family needs to be named), as well as the concentrations
in which they are used.
In many
cases, you can take legal actions against the theft of your confidential information or
trade secrets.
It seems that lawyers at the law firm Harding, Earley, Follmer & Frailey of Valley Forge, Penn.,
in the course of investigating a client's
trade secrets and trademark infringement
case, viewed and printed pages from the Web site of Healthcare Advocates Inc. — both pages from its then - current site and archived pages found via the Wayback Machine.
As
in the instant
case, the plaintiff there alleged that the individual defendant obtained certain
trade secrets during his employment with plaintiff, then
in breach of a confidentiality agreement that was part of his employment contract, misappropriated that information when he went to work for the defendant JPS.
Mr. Stellabotte is a registered patent attorney and has extensive experience litigating patent, copyright,
trade secret, antitrust, contract, tort, trademark, false advertising, and information technology related matters
in federal and state trial and appellate courts, including
case preparation and strategy, fact and expert discovery, depositions, motion practice, Markman hearings, preliminary injunction hearings, bench and jury trials, arbitrations, mediations, appeals, and settlement negotiations.
Defended group buying company
in multiple
cases involving claims for patent infringement and misappropriation of
trade secrets.
Our lawyers have significant experience
in assisting our clients protect and develop the full value of their intellectual property by prosecuting and defending copyright and trademark infringement
cases, unfair competition actions, Internet and technology disputes, franchise disputes, false advertising claims, litigation concerning
trade secrets and restrictive covenants, and other claims relating to intellectual property.
During his 21 - year legal career, Mr. Goldberg has litigated hundreds of
cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States involving claims of retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination, fraud, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract, as well as commercial contract disputes, civil RICO, ERISA,
trade secrets and restrictive covenants, corporate governance disputes, minority shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, Madoff counseling and defense, advancement and indemnification proceedings, whistleblower actions (SOX and CEPA), executive compensation counseling, litigation, and arbitration, international litigation and arbitration, antitrust litigation and arbitration, products liability litigation, environmental and toxic tort litigation, and securities fraud.
A
trade secret can also be revealed legally, and you have no recourse
in this
case, even if it was not your intention to reveal it.
This was the warning issued last week by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a Wisconsin magistrate judge sealed her opinions
in two
trade secrets cases.
In addition, he litigated several significant
trade secret cases, as well as copyright and trademark matters.
Represented a client
in a state jury trial of a seminal Texas
trade secret case involving the client's former employees.
Throughout her career, she has successfully tried patent, trademark,
trade secret and copyright
cases in Federal Courts nationwide.
Representation of a former partner
in a multi-million dollar breach of contract / breach of partnership / breach of fiduciary duty
case against former partners arising from a profit - sharing agreement and involving counterclaims of misappropriation of
trade secrets and breaches of nondisclosure / non-solicitation agreements.
Successfully obtained a plaintiff's jury verdict for a minority shareholder of a limited liability company providing care to developmentally - disabled adults
in a
case involving breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and
trade secret allegations
Represented NFL coaches
in a copyright and
trade secret case against coaches who posted confidential NFL playbooks on the Internet.
He has successfully tried patent, trademark,
trade secret and copyright cases in Federal Courts nationwide, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, and the International Trade Commis
trade secret and copyright
cases in Federal Courts nationwide, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, and the International
Trade Commis
Trade Commission.
Attorney McGuigan began his career as a private investigator and conducted investigations into
trade secret misappropriation
cases across the United States, and most notably a
case involving the theft of
trade secrets in Mexico City.
In two cases representing plaintiffs alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and breaches of confidentiality agreements, obtained settlements after the start of trial in which defendants agreed to cease certain business operation
In two
cases representing plaintiffs alleging misappropriation of
trade secrets and breaches of confidentiality agreements, obtained settlements after the start of trial
in which defendants agreed to cease certain business operation
in which defendants agreed to cease certain business operations.
He also has represented clients
in non-practicing entity (NPE) and
trade secrets cases in both state and federal court
in Delaware.
Lead counsel
in successful prosecution of misappropriation of
trade secrets case in the Eastern District of Virginia.
We represented plaintiff ISS
in a patent infringement and
trade secret misappropriation
case in the Western District of Tennessee involving aircraft altimeter technology.
Broad litigation experience
in major
cases involving patents, including industrial and automotive chemicals, building products, and furniture and textile manufacturing, as well as
trade secrets, software, copyright, trademarks and
trade dress litigation.
Patrick is an experienced litigator and trial lawyer who has regularly taken
cases through to trial and arbitral hearings, with extensive experience
in complex commercial litigation (including international arbitration and other cross-border disputes), as well as trademark and patent disputes,
trade secret theft, and regulatory investigations
in a broad range of industries.
As trial counsel, Mr. Davis has obtained favorable verdicts for his clients
in jury and bench trials
in both state and federal courts
in a wide variety of trademark, patent and
trade secrets cases, as well as breach of contract and corporate matters.