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$12.4 million in fees awarded for patent and trade secret claims brought in bad faith, including fees for "computer-assisted algorithm-driven document review"

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 15 2013

A federal district court recently awarded more than $12.4 million in attorneys' fees to the defendants as "prevailing parties" based on its finding

Lululemon and Calvin Klein settle yoga pants design litigation

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • November 26 2012

As we reported previously, Lululemon, an exercise apparel company, filed suit against Calvin Klein and its supplier G-III Apparel Group for infringement of three Lululemon design patents for yoga pants

Too successful to be your intellectual property? How the Apple v. Samsung case illustrates a growing legal trend that can punish product designers for being too good at what they do

  • Kaye Scholer LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 25 2012

The iPhone has already staked its place as a great achievement in aesthetic industrial design

If confidential information constituted a trade secret on the date it was misappropriated, the misappropriation is actionable

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 4 2012

A district court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin recently held that even though misappropriated information no longer was a trade secret on the date the wrongdoer was sued, a misappropriation lawsuit may be maintained if the information qualified as a trade secret on the date of the wrongdoing

Ruling on common law in trade secret disputes may expand Trade Commission caseload

  • Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 17 2012

Companies are fighting intellectual property disputes at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in record numbers

Apple v. Samsung: Apple moves to enforce court orders regarding admissibility of Sony Designs that Samsung failed to disclose timely

  • Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 15 2012

As the Apple v. Samsung case approached trial, Apple filed a motion to enforce prior court orders regarding the exclusion of certain Sony Designs

One size doesn’t fit all

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 29 2012

Design patents, trade dress and copyrights each have different requirements, resulting in the need for a multi-faceted approach

Captain Morgan sued for beverage packaging design infringement

  • Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 31 2012

American Beverage Corp. (ABC) and Pouch Pac Innovations filed suit against Diageo and its subsidiary, the Captain Morgan Co., in the Western District of Pennsylvania alleging, inter alia, design patent infringement

Filing a patent application covering a misappropriated trade secret held to constitute a "use" which justifies $600,000 in compensatory damages

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 6 2012

Quoting Section 40, comment c, of the Restatement (Third) of Unfair Competition, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held recently that “Any exploitation of the trade secret that is likely to result in injury to the trade secret owner or enrichment to the defendant” constitutes a “use” giving rise to liability for misappropriation

Trade secret or patent, not both

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • USA
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  • November 30 2011

Delineating patent protection from trade secret protection with reference to the same accused product, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a finding of lack of written description support while also finding misappropriation of valid trade secret