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Specialized Seating, Inc. v. Greenwich Indus., LP

  • Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 30 2010

The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling that the declaratory-judgment defendant's registered design for an x-frame chair was functional and thus unprotectable

Use of executable machine code does not constitute misappropriation

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 30 2010

The California Court of Appeals ruled that simply using executable machine code does not qualify as trade secret misappropriation if the source code was not acquired, disclosed or used

Campbell Sales Group, Inc. v. Gramercy Park Design, LLC, case no. 1:10cv55 (M.D.N.C. Oct. 6, 2010)

  • Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 29 2010

In a case alleging infringement of the unregistered trade dress of four furniture models, the Middle District of North Carolina declined plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction, finding the plaintiff had failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success in proving that the various designs had acquired secondary meaning

Functionality - the next turf war in design patents?

  • Banner & Witcoff Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 1 2010

In recent years, design patent law has received increased attention at the Federal Circuit

Multi-million dollar trade secret heist results in federal criminal plea

  • Epstein Becker Green
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 7 2010

In the latest example of a significant international trade secret theft resulting in a federal criminal prosecution, chemist David Yen Lee recently pleaded guilty in federal court in Chicago to "knowingly and without authorization" possessing one or more trade secrets of his former employer Valspar Corporation ("Valspar") with intent to convert them "to the economic benefit of someone other than the owner

Lexus reprised

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 18 2011

In the Toyota v Tabari, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 2010 decision, the pro se defendants prevailed

HP's lawsuit against Mark Hurd -- an uphill battle?

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 14 2010

Much has been written about Hewlett-Packard's recently filed case against its former CEO Mark Hurd following his acceptance of a job as president of Oracle

When is it okay for an employee to steal trade secrets?

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 24 2011

When is it okay for an employee to steal trade secrets? According to the New Jersey Supreme Court, the answer is when an employee is trying to preserve evidence of discrimination

Smart decisions by multi-national companies can keep trade secret cases in US courts

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 7 2010

Multi-national corporations operating in the United States often question whether their trade secrets will receive adequate protection in foreign markets

Ex-Cell sues Carnation Home Fashions

  • Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 12 2010

On July 2, 2010, Ex-Cell Home Fashions, Inc. sued Carnation Home Fashions in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina for false designation of origin, trade dress infringement, and design patent infringement