8 results for 'cat:"Trade Secrets" AND cat:"Trademark"'.
J. Talwani grants in part a former company president’s motion for judgment as a matter of law against his former company, which successfully sued him for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, trademark infringement and false designation. There wasn’t enough substantial evidence before the jury to determine that the former president improperly obtained meeting minutes from the company.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Talwani, Filed On: April 19, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv10926, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: trade Secrets, trademark, Fiduciary Duty
J. Marshall grants in part a company's motion for the award of reasonable royalties in a trademark infringement dispute. A jury found in favor of the company for misappropriation of trade secrets and infringement of the company's registered trademark. The court issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the infringer from disclosing the company's trade secrets or marketing or selling the infringing implant. For the misappropriation of trade secrets claim and a doctor's breach of the non-disclosure agreement, $5.7 is awarded as a reasonable royalty, $11.5 million in exemplary damages, and $1 million for the counterfeit mark claim.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Marshall, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 2:20cv3503, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: trade Secrets, trademark
J. Rosenthal grants, in part, a group of treatment centers' motion to dismiss certain claims filed by a company that specializes in physiologic insulin resensitization treatments for diabetes. The company does not have standing to bring copyright and trademark dilution claims, and it fails to identify a trade secret that was misappropriated.
Court: USDC Southern District of Texas, Judge: Rosenthal, Filed On: February 21, 2024, Case #: 4:22cv3062 , NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, trade Secrets, trademark
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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. Shields rules in a bench trial and finds in a favor of a security system installation company on its claims for false designation of origin and false advertising under the Lanham Act plus its claim for tortious interference with contract against a competitor and awards them $91,036 compensatory damages for lost revenue. The former employee solicited the litigant’s customers acquired after it purchased a now-defunct competitor and persuaded them to switch services. The court issues an injunction prohibiting the competitor from contacting any of the litigant’s customers, using its confidential information or making disparaging statements regarding the litigant’s business operations.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Shields, Filed On: May 24, 2023, Case #: 2:17cv1194, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: trade Secrets, trademark, Damages