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IN RE: BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Trade Secrets
Plaintiffs in defective tire litigation are not entitled to discovery of defendant's "skim stock" formulas, which are trade secrets, as mere...

CHEMETALL GMBH v. ZR ENERGY, INC.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, M&A, Trade Secrets
Under Illinois law, the question whether plaintiff acquired the right to enforce an employee's duty of confidentiality could not be decided on the...

MOORE v. KULICKE & SOFFA INDUS., INC.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Under Pennsylvania trade secret law, only the burden of production is shifted when defendant raises independent development, and the ultimate burden...

LUIGINO'S, INC. v. PETERSON

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Plaintiff failed to assert facts sufficient to show a causal link between any of defendant's alleged misdeeds and its claim for damages, thus summary...

PENALTY KICK MGMT. LTD. v. COCA-COLA CO.

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Plaintiff failed to provide evidence of defendant's actual disclosure or unauthorized use of plaintiff's trade secrets under the Georgia Trade Secrets...

SAVOR, INC. v. FMR CORP.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
A complaint seeking relief from misappropriation of trade secrets met the minimal standards governing notice pleading, and thus adequately stated a...

SAVOR, INC. v. FMR CORP.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
A complaint seeking relief from misappropriation of trade secrets met the minimal standards governing notice pleading, and thus adequately stated a...

PHILIP MORRIS, INC. v. REILLY

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
A Massachusetts law, requiring tobacco companies to submit to the state the ingredient lists for certain tobacco products sold in the state, is an...

PAVLOVICH v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY ( DVD COPY CONTROL ASS'N, INC.)

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, Media Law
A California court's exercising of personal jurisdiction over a defendant, based on a posting on an Internet Web site, was improper because...

CADENCE DESIGN SYS., INC. v. AVANT! CORP.

Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In a trade secret infringement action under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), continued improper use or disclosure of a trade secret...