United States Fourth Circuit

In a suit alleging trade secret theft and antitrust injuries committed by defendant Microsoft that purportedly drove "PenPoint"-plaintiffs out of business, dismissal of the complaint on statute of limitations grounds is affirmed over multiple arguments, including plaintiffs' claim that fraudulent concealment delayed the ticking of the clock.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/19/2007
• Published 11/19/2007

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Circuit Judge, HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and T.S. ELLIS, III, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Sean Abram Lev, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  David Bruce Tulchin, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, New York, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Michael K. Kellogg, Steven F. Benz, Priya R. Aiyar, Daniel A. Loeffler, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  Thomas W. Burt, Steven J. Aeschbacher, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington;  Robert A. Rosenfeld, Jessica S. Pers, Heller Ehrman, L.L.P., San Francisco, California;  Amanda F. Davidoff, Sullivan & Cromwell, L.L.P., New York, New York;  G. Stewart Webb, Jr., Venable, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.