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J. Nivison grants a pharmaceutical company’s motion for a letter request from the court that would require two New England companies to produce documents related to the pharma firm’s claims of misappropriating its confidential, proprietary information. While some aspects of the request need to be modified, overall it is focused and not overly vague.
Court: USDC Maine, Judge: Nivison, Filed On: February 22, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv237, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: trade Secrets, unfair Competition, Discovery
J. Conrad grants a mortgage company’s renewed motion for preliminary injunction and request for finding of contempt against a similar lender in this ongoing trade secrets and unfair competition suit. The company’s first injunction was granted on Nov. 3, 2023, but the company presents convincing evidence that certain staff members of the lender continued to recruit the company’s workers to itself during litigation and after the injunction date. The company also offers sufficient evidence that the lender stole its confidential information in order to compete directly with it as well as to steal clients.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: January 4, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv633, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: Contempt, trade Secrets, unfair Competition
J. Barbier grants a request by a Texas-based corporation to dismiss theft of trade secrets claims by a Louisiana based-HVAC goods and service business. The complaint does not explain exactly what actions or conduct by the Texas corporation could constitute egregious actions involving elements of fraud, misrepresentation, deception or other unethical conduct, which would violate Louisiana’s law against unfair trade practices. Instead, the HVAC business accuses it of stealing information about the design and production of its product without any supporting evidence, which is insufficient for a determination of whether the Texas company’s conduct was unfair and violative of public policy.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Louisiana , Judge: Barbier, Filed On: December 15, 2023, Case #: 2:23cv1669, NOS: Other Personal Property Damage - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, trade Secrets, unfair Competition
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. Boyle grants a die cutting machine distributor's motion to dismiss a manufacturer's allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets and copyright infringement. The manufacturer claims that several of its employees left it for a new direct competitor and took trade secrets with them, with which the distributor helped them in order to expand its own customer base. However, the manufacturer fails to report specific information that was misappropriated and shows no plausible evidence that the distributor aided the former employees.
Court: USDC Eastern District of North Carolina, Judge: Boyle, Filed On: November 15, 2023, Case #: 5:23cv134, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, trade Secrets, unfair Competition
J. Conrad orders one mortgage company to identify all devices that another lender gave to employees of the mortgage company when they previously worked for the lender. This is because the lender accuses said employees of violations of restrictive covenants, misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition when they began working for the company. The company denies any wrongdoing and argues the lender has no right to inspect the devices, nor to continue soliciting the employees for them. However, the order stipulates the company must present the devices for inspection to continue litigation.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: November 3, 2023, Case #: 2:23cv633, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: trade Secrets, unfair Competition, Contract
J. Ashe grants a request by a company that provides information technology and internet phone services, dismissing unfair trade practice claims brought by two former employees who started a rival business. The ex-employees allege their old bosses are suing for theft of trade secrets as a way to “destroy” a competitor in the absence of viable non-compete agreements. Given the facts and circumstances of the case, particularly the ex-employees' failed request for summary judgment, the filing of the IT company’s theft claims against them does not rise to the level of an unfair trade practice under state law.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Louisiana , Judge: Ashe, Filed On: September 20, 2023, Case #: 2:23cv1486, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: trade Secrets, unfair Competition
J. Seeger denies an insurance company’s motion for summary judgment on its trade secrets, tortious interference and unfair competition claims against a financial advisory firm, and partially grants the firm’s cross-motion for summary judgment on the same claims. The insurance company alleges that the advisory firm poached its employees to gain access to its confidential information. The court finds that summary judgment is inappropriate for both parties on nearly very count, but grants judgment to the advisory firm on the company’s tortious interference claims as they relate to three California-based former employees of the company. It also finds that the insurance company cannot recover any damages for misappropriation related to financial products.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Seeger, Filed On: August 18, 2023, Case #: 1:17cv5826, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: trade Secrets, Tort, unfair Competition
J. Hill finds a lower court properly dismissed an electronics company's trade secrets claims against an equipment manufacturer, who won a government contract bid to manufacture a technology test system. The electronics company argued that the equipment manufacturer infringed on its trade secrets in order to create a "price-competitive" proposal." However, the intellectual property involved in the proposal was already available to the public. Affirmed.
Court: Kansas Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Hill, Filed On: July 21, 2023, Case #: 119,563, Categories: trade Secrets, unfair Competition, Contract
J. Casper grants an insulation service company's motion to stop a former employee from violating contractual non-solicitation and confidentiality obligations. The former employee has already accepted work from one of the insulation company's prior customers on behalf of one of its competitors within a month of leaving the insulation service company, demonstrating a high likelihood of success for the company's misappropriation of trade secrets claim.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Casper, Filed On: July 21, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv11375, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: trade Secrets, unfair Competition, Injunction
J. Conti dismisses certain contract counterclaims brought against a competing aluminum manufacturer in claims arising from a licensing agreement that allows use of the competitor's aluminum pretreatment process in manufacturing Ford F-150 pickup truck bodies. The licensing agreement does not provide particulars about material pricing and "market forces," and both parties paid the same price for materials from the same supplier, with the exception that the competitor received royalties for the use of proprietary technology.
Court: USDC Western District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Conti, Filed On: July 13, 2023, Case #: 2:17cv1434, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: trade Secrets, unfair Competition, Contract
J. Shubb denies a dairy software company’s motion to dismiss a competitor’s antitrust and unfair competition counterclaims. The competitor has sufficiently alleged its claims for conspiracy to monopolize, monopolization, unlawful restraint of trade, unlawful mergers or acquisitions, and unfair competition.
Court: USDC Eastern District of California, Judge: Shubb, Filed On: May 12, 2023, Case #: 2:21cv2233, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: Antitrust, trade Secrets, unfair Competition