United States Seventh Circuit

Judgment as a matter of law for defendant in a trade secrets suit involving a manufacturing technique is affirmed where the disputed invention did not meet the criteria for a trade secret.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/11/2006
• Decided 09/12/2006
• Published 09/12/2006

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter M. Reinhardt (argued), Menomonie, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David T. Schultz (argued), Halleland, Lewis, Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant-Appellee.