all - Opinion Summaries

LUCINI ITALIA CO. v. GRAPPOLINI

Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, Remedies
Denial of motion for preliminary injunction, based on misappropriation of gourmet food company's trade secrets, was improper where the correct...

LEGGETT & PLATT, INC. v. HICKORY SPRINGS MFG. CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Secrets
The district court correctly construed the disputed claim term and hence found no literal infringement of a box spring assembly, however, genuine...

IDX SYS. CORP. v. EPIC SYS. CORP.

Cyberspace Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Where a software manufacturer failed to precisely define its trade secret, summary judgment on its claim against former employees, alleging trade...

US v. YANG

Criminal Law & Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Where the defendants believed the information they conspired and attempted to steal was a trade secret, the fact that the information was not an...

IN RE: PROVIDIAN CREDIT CARD CASES

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Rules 243.1 and 243.2 of the California Rules of Court vest a trial court with a considerable amount of discretion in deciding whether to seal or...

DVD COPY CONTROL ASS'N v. BUNNER

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
A computer source code which describes an alternative method of decrypting copy protection on DVD's is pure "speech" protected by the First Amendment.

STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. LOW

Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
California Code of Regulations, title 10, section 2646.6(c) and Insurance Code section 1861.07 permit public disclosure of Community Service...

MINNESOTA MINING & MFG. CO. v. PRIBYL

Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Evidence that plaintiff took six years to develop its process, but that the company founded by plaintiff's employees developed a similar process...

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

Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
California Supreme Court certified to determine whether, under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, an infringment arises only upon the initial...

DTM RESEARCH, L.L.C. v. AT&T CORP.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
A defendant in a trade secrets case is not entitled to summary judgment on the ground that a protective order, based on the governments' assertion of...