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California federal court allows non-signatory to arbitration agreement to compel arbitration in trade secrets dispute

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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February 25 2013

A federal district court in the Northern District of California recently found that a non-signatory to an arbitration agreement may enforce that

Federal judge in California holds that unauthorized use of copyrighted password-protected computer diagnostic software can be the basis of a copyright infringement suit and trade secret misappropriation claim

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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May 31 2012

Burroughs Payment Services manufactures document scanning equipment for banks and others

Utah appellate court holds that "confidential" price list is not a trade secret but a contract bid could be, and Uniform Trade Secrets Act preempts common law claims based on misusing confidential information not a "trade secret"

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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March 21 2012

In a recent, lengthy decision involving allegations of deceitful acts and unfair competition, the Utah Court of Appeals largely affirmed the lower court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendants with respect to a complaint alleging misappropriation of proprietary data and related conduct

$4.38 million verdict in Utah federal court for malicious trade secrets misappropriation

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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December 11 2012

A Utah federal judge recently held that a jury’s compensatory damages award of $2.92 million for misappropriating trade secrets was supported by the evidence and was not excessive

Tidings of data theft and coal: California Federal Court holds that trade secret misappropriation statute preempts claim for misappropriation of confidential non-trade secret data

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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December 24 2012

There was only coal delivered for California employers in a recent California federal decision in which the Court refused to permit a plaintiff to proceed

Delaware court enjoins use of ex-employers trade secrets

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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April 16 2011

Delaware Court of Chancery Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster, faced with an unreasonable non-competenon-solicitation agreement, indicated that he would have preferred to hold it invalid but said that he had no choice other than to modify its terms because its Maryland choice-of-law provision requires judicial “blue penciling.”

Colorado statute of limitations for misappropriation of a trade secret begins to run upon knowledge that it, or even a related trade secret, has been misappropriated

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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June 19 2011

Distinguishing between continuing misappropriation of one trade secret and separate misappropriations of related trade secrets can be a daunting task

Purported trade secrets in a company's "supply chain and other business information" held not to have been misappropriated

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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June 18 2010

In a case brought by a seller of camouflage clothing against a competitor, the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana held recently that just because “something is confidential does not mean it is a trade secret,” and the court granted the defendants’ summary judgment motion

TRO entered where owner of trade secrets made "substantial" efforts to maintain confidentiality

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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December 29 2010

A federal court recently entered a TRO to prevent disclosure of trade secrets justifiably shared, in confidence, with business associates

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