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Court finds Texas company stole trade secrets after hiring employee from competitor

  • Littler Mendelson
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 30 2012

In late May, after a three-week trial, a Houston federal court jury ruled M3 Technology, Inc. had misappropriated trade secrets from innovative engineering software provider AspenTechnology, Inc., infringed copyrights, and illicitly interfered with AspenTech’s non-compete agreement with a former employee, an expert on refinery efficiency and head of AspenTech’s R&D Division

Non-competition v. unfair competition in California

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 29 2011

We all know that California does not permit enforcement of non-compete agreements

Jury must decide whether a manufacturing process that is disclosed in an expired patent and is not concealed from visitors to the plant constitutes a trade secret

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 21 2011

When a defendant, sued by a former employer for misappropriating a manufacturing process that allegedly constituted a trade secret, denies that the process is confidential and files a counterclaim alleging that the plaintiff is engaged in sham litigation in order to stifle competition, is it appropriate for the court to instruct the jury that the evidence shows plaintiff does not have a valid trade secret?

A new day for noncompete agreements in Georgia

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 5 2010

On November 2, 2010 voters in Georgia decided whether to "make Georgia more economically competitive by authorizing legislation to uphold reasonable competitive agreements."

New day in Georgia for restrictive covenants

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 3 2010

On November 2, Georgians voted overwhelmingly in favor of updating Georgia's restrictive covenant law

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