12 results for 'cat:"Trade Secrets" AND cat:"Technology"'.
J. Blakey partially grants the sued software development company’s motion to dismiss the suing software development firm’s copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract claims. The suing firm claims one of its former employees used his knowledge of its programs to develop an almost identical research software to the one it markets, and launched the software with his competing company. The court dismisses the suing firm’s confidentiality and non-competition agreement breach claim, but allows all its other allegations to go forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Blakey, Filed On: March 29, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv676, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Copyright, trade Secrets, technology
J. Ellis grants the defendant marketing agents’ motion to dismiss RICO and Defend Trade Secrets Act violation claims brought by cryptocurrency developers. The developers hired the marketing agents to help them advertise their cryptocurrency and its associated hardware, only for the marketers to fleece them for as much money as possible, sometimes charging thousands of dollars for reasons that were never fully elaborated. They also failed to tell the developers that per a prior order from the FTC, they were not allowed to perform certain marketing activity. However, the court finds the developers have failed to show how the marketing agents' behavior amounts to racketeering or betrayal of trade secrets.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Ellis, Filed On: March 5, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv708, NOS: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) - Other Suits, Categories: trade Secrets, technology, Racketeering
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J. Ellison grants, in part, a company's motion to dismiss a business owner's trade secrets claims related to novel hydrogen liquefaction technology. The business owner's tortious interference, unfair competition, breach of fiduciary duty and conspiracy claims are preempted by the Texas Uniform
Trade Secrets Act.
Court: USDC Southern District of Texas, Judge: Ellison, Filed On: December 5, 2023, Case #: 4:23cv1615 , NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: trade Secrets, Unfair Competition, technology
J. Howell mostly dismisses a motion for summary judgment by an employee after he was sued by his former company for allegedly misappropriating company property and information after failing to “close a single deal from any lead derived on his own” despite being director of sales for the company. The worker is entitled to summary judgment on a claim for alleged blackmail brought under the Anti-Cyber Squatting Consumer Protection Act because the company “abandons this claim” after failing “show the existence of a distinctive mark” that the worker could have infringed on, but the motion is denied in all other respects.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Howell, Filed On: November 2, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv20, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: trade Secrets, Trademark, technology
J. Gardephe grants GrubHub's motion to dismiss a trade secrets suit alleging that one of its employees participated in a "coding challenge" with the plaintiff food technology company in order to gain access to its confidential information. The plaintiff claims that the employee saw its plans to introduce a restaurant search function based on diner's dietary restrictions, then GrubHub introduced this feature on its own website, but broad concepts that are not linked to a specific product are not trade secrets.
Court: USDC Southern District of New York, Judge: Gardephe, Filed On: August 14, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv4657, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: trade Secrets, technology
J. Pitman denies attorney fees to a semiconductor resale and intermediary company after it was sued by a competitor for alleged misappropriation of trade secrets and other claims. The competitor alleged that the company, which was formed by former employees, was using proprietary client information and other trade secrets stolen from it, but those claims have not entirely stood up to scrutiny in court, including after the Fifth Circuit determined that one former employee had “deleted the relevant … files” from his computer storage “before joining” the first company. That first company now moves for attorney fees on the grounds that the initial complaint was “objectively specious” and “bad faith,” but they cannot meet this high bar as the competitor had valid reasons for concern.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Pitman, Filed On: June 12, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv377, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: trade Secrets, Attorney Fees, technology