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Illinois federal court issues preliminary injunction prohibiting use of misappropriated trade secrets but rejects request for expanded injunction based on alleged “inevitable disclosure”

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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April 28 2013

A recent Illinois trade secrets and non-compete decision involving a 3D printing salesman serves as a reminder that some Illinois courts will

Preliminary injunction issued by Nebraska federal district court to level the playing field in trade secrets dispute

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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March 13 2013

A federal district court in Nebraska recently issued a significant preliminary injunction preventing trade secret misappropriation and unlawful

Considerations in determining whether to grant to a prevailing trade secret misappropriation plaintiff a permanent injunction in addition to substantial damages

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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August 7 2012

When a plaintiff alleging trade secret misappropriation obtains a judgment for substantial damages, the award may serve solely to compensate for past wrongs, or it may redress both past and future injuries

Alabama federal court issues decision regarding measuring the “amount in controversy” when the plaintiff’s state court trade secret misappropriation complaint is silent as to the amount of damages and the defendant removes the case to federal court

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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August 23 2012

A recent Alabama federal court decision discusses how to determine the “amount in controversy” when a state court trade secret misappropriation case is removed to federal court based on diversity of citizenship, but the complaint is silent as to the amount of damages demanded

Court of Federal Claims details how to compute damages for misappropriation of an asset that has no readily ascertainable market value

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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March 8 2011

A few years after ruling that the Air Force violated the confidentiality clauses of contracts with a government contractor by disclosing its proprietary information relating to the manufacturing process for a conveyor used in assembling smart bombs weighing more than a ton each, the Court of Federal Claims recently determined the contractor’s damages

Connecticut court has jurisdiction over Canadian defendant charged with misappropriation of Canadian company’s trade secret emails

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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January 10 2013

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Connecticut federal court's order dismissing for lack of personal jurisdiction a Connecticut

Court declines to stop defendant from seeking to obtain public records that contain plaintiff's trade secrets

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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December 30 2010

A federal court recently declined to issue a blanket injunction to thwart the defendant's campaign to obtain trade secrets information through public records requests, stressing the right and importance of access to public records

Award of damages for misappropriation does not preclude also awarding injunctive relief

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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June 22 2011

Clarifying the legal principle that an injunction will only be entered if there is no adequate remedy at law, the Ohio Court of Appeals held recently that an award of damages for past trade secret misappropriation is not inconsistent with, and does not preclude granting, injunctive relief to prevent future harm

Michigan court orders corporation to reveal facts regarding potential misappropriation

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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April 1 2011

Entities do not have the right to claim a privilege against self-incrimination

California federal court holds that trade secret misappropriation defendant need not respond to plaintiff's discovery requests until provided with identification of information claimed to have been stolen

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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January 12 2012

The trend of some recent judicial decisions seems to reflect an increasing concern by courts that, notwithstanding trade secret misappropriation plaintiffs’ understandable reluctance to disclose proprietary information in more detail than absolutely necessary, they must describe with considerable specificity whatever is alleged to have been purloined