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VLIW TECH., LLC v. HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Court of Chancery erred in granting two 12(b)(6) motions to dismiss plaintiff's breach of contract complaint. Contract provisions regarding...

RHONE-POULENC AGRO, S.A. v. DEKALB GENETICS CORP.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Secrets
On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the fraudulent inducement, trade secret misappropriation, and patent infringement jury verdicts in favor of...

DVD COPY CONTROL ASS'N, INC. v. BUNNER

Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Remedies, Trade Secrets
A preliminary injunction prohibiting a web site operator from disclosing trade secrets violates neither the First Amendment nor the California...

ELECS. FOR IMAGING, INC. v. COYLE

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Secrets
Dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction of complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief is reversed. Plaintiff established a prima facie case...

LEARNING CURVE TOYS, INC. v. PLAYWOOD TOYS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Remedies, Trade Secrets
Plaintiff had a protectable trade secret in a concept for a noise-producing toy railroad track under the Illinois Trade Secrets Act; a rational jury...

SARGENT FLETCHER, INC. v. ABLE CORP.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In an action by a manufacturer against a subcontractor for misappropriation of trade secrets under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act, the trial...

HARVEY BARNETT, INC. v. SHIDLER

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Summary judgment was not appropriate on whether an "Infant Swimming Program," viewed comprehensively, was a trade secret under Colorado law; district...

IN RE BASS

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Trade Secrets
Geological seismic data are trade secrets, and non-participating mineral royalty interest owners failed to establish the existence of a claim against...

GUY CARPENTER & CO., INC. v. PROVENZALE

Commercial Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets
A non-solicitation covenant in an employment agreement was enforceable under Texas law. Thus, denial of a preliminary injunction on that basis was an...

BOURNS, INC. v. RAYCHEM CORP.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Jury instructions as a whole did not allow the jury to find actual misappropriation based on inevitable disclosure alone, thus findings of...