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Trade Secrets
Years Later, Lawyer's Error Haunts Inventor
Friday, July 14, 2006
A 21-year-old lawsuit between a Silicon Valley semiconductor company and a wronged Canadian engineer has been settled for about $3 million—a fraction of the $172 million damage award the plaintiff lost through his lawyer’s error. |
Apple Gives In To Bloggers In Trade Secrets Case
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Apple Computer Inc. has abandoned its legal effort to find out who at the company leaked trade secrets about an unreleased music interface device, according to recently filed court documents. |
Wiped Out By Verdict, Train Maker Begs For Time
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Model-train maker Lionel L.L.C. has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan to grant a third extension of its deadline to file a Chapter 11 plan, while an appeals court decides whether or not to uphold the $38.6 million verdict that drove Lionel into bankruptcy. |
Pepsi Helps Bust Sellers Of Coke Trade Secrets
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Not about to mess with its longtime rival’s coveted trade secrets, PepsiCo Inc. pointed authorities towards three people who stole confidential information about Coca-Cola Co.’s recipes and attempted to sell it to Pepsi. |
Execs Charged With Peddling Trade Secrets
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Three former senior employees of Metaldyne Corporation have been charged with stealing secrets to help give its Chinese competitors a foothold as a supplier of powdered metal heavy automotive parts. |
Hawaiian Air Claims Rival Stole Trade Secrets
Friday, June 30, 2006
All is not well for Hawaiian Airlines and inter-island competitor Mesa Air Group Inc., which have been slinging allegations of trade secret violations and anti-competitive conduct against each other in bankruptcy court. |
Boeing To Pay Record $615M To Quell DOJ Probe
Friday, June 30, 2006
The Boeing Company will pay $615 million to settle U.S. Department of Justice probes into allegations that Boeing illegally obtained and used competitors' information to win contracts worth billions of dollars from NASA and the Air Force. |
Apple Trade Secrets Case Raises First Amendment Issues
Friday, June 02, 2006
In a blow to Apple Computer Inc., a California appeals court has struck down a request to force the publishers of two Apple enthusiast Web sites to reveal the sources of leaked trade secret information published in a series of stories in late 2004. |
Microsoft Stole Trade Secrets, Lied To PTO: Symantec
Friday, May 19, 2006
Computer software giant Microsoft Corp. lied to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to get patents for data storage technology after stealing trade secrets, according to a patent infringement lawsuit filed by security software company Symantec Corp. |
Sun Micro Hits Azul With Patent, Trade Secrets Suit
Thursday, May 04, 2006
The patent battle between computer makers Azul Systems Inc. and Sun Microsystems is heating up, with Sun filing a countersuit against Azul alleging patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation. |
Microsoft Antitrust Case Highlights U.S., European Split
Friday, April 28, 2006
Key differences between U.S. and European antitrust policies became apparent as the week-long battle between Microsoft Corporation and European regulators came to a close Friday. |
Tiny Biotech Wins Permanent Injunction Against Eli Lilly
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
A small biotech company has won a permanent injunction against Eli Lilly & Co. in a two-year battle waged over a patent application for technology used to convert injectable-only drugs into ones that can be taken orally, marking another triumph in its long-running fight against the pharmaceutical giant. |
Microsoft Claims E.C. Requests For Code Violate IP Rights
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Microsoft's legal counsel argued that demands for technical information about its products violated the software giant's intellectual property rights, as the week-long showdown between Microsoft and European antitrust regulators in Luxembourg entered its third day. |
LCD Trade Secret Thief Gets Four-Year Jail Term
Thursday, April 20, 2006
A former employee of Corning Inc. who found secret documents in a garbage bin and sold them to Taiwanese PicVue Electronics Ltd. was sentenced yesterday to four years in federal prison. |
Texas Tech Company Sues Over Rights To LED Patent
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
A Texas technology company has sued a former employee over rights to a patent for circuitry LEDs used in wireless telecommunications. |
ITC May Investigate Toshiba Flash Memory
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The long-running dispute between Toshiba Corp. and Lexar Media Inc., which has played out in district courts across the United States, may soon be heard by the U.S. International Trade Commission, after Lexar filed a complaint against Toshiba alleging patent infringement. |
Jury Rejects Silicon Labs' Cell Phone Patent Claims
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
In a victory for startup semiconductor company Axiom Microdevices Inc., a federal jury has unanimously rejected the patent infringement claims of a rival, but upheld one charge that Axiom had misappropriated trade secrets. |
GM To Face $1.4B Jury Trial In Trade Secrets Case
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
In a potentially costly setback for General Motors Corp., a state supreme court has ruled the auto maker must face a new trial – this time with a jury – in the $1.4 billion trade secret lawsuit filed by an obscure inventor. |
Fenwick & West Flaunts Interdisciplinary Approach To IP
Monday, March 20, 2006
As the third-largest law firm in Silicon Valley, where new technologies emerge and IP matters converge, Fenwick & West understands first-hand the value of addressing the crossover among patent, trademark, copyright and licensing laws. |
Dechert Bulks Up With 7 New Partners
Monday, March 06, 2006
After storming the offices of Dewey Ballantine LLP, Dechert LLP has pulled on board seven new patent and intellectual property litigators. |
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French Tax Raises Money For Drugs—And IP Concerns
As international governments and drug companies struggle to find a balance between protection of intellectual property and the rights of poor nations to access crucial medications, a controversial new French initiative stands to fuel the growing debate by pressuring the pharmaceutical industry to lower its prices. |
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Latest Articles
London Fog Lets Go Of Trademark
Monday, August 21, 2006
Still selling off its assets, bankrupt rainwear maker London Fog Group Inc. has unloaded its famed trademark, with Iconix Brand Group Inc. snapping up the recognizable brand for $30.5 million in cash and $7 million in stock.
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No End In Sight In Plavix Battle
Monday, August 21, 2006
Attorneys spent a second day in court Monday arguing over whether Apotex’ generic version of the blockbuster blood thinner Plavix should be allowed on the market.
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Lengthy Patent Battle Wages On For Microsoft
Monday, August 21, 2006
Timeline Inc. announced Monday that it has terminated a limited license with Microsoft Corp. for use of its patents with the software giant’s SQL Servers, and has asked a federal court to add Microsoft to a patent infringement lawsuit.
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eBay Opinion Doesn’t Affect Preliminary Injunctions, Judge Rules
Monday, August 21, 2006
A federal judge has ruled that a landmark Supreme Court decision involving eBay only relates to permanent injunctions and not preliminary ones.
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Federal Circuit Overturns Jury Verdict Against ACell
Monday, August 21, 2006
The Federal Circuit has overturned a jury verdict that found biotechnology company ACell Inc. liable for patent infringement of a tissue-engineering method for healing wounds and scars, ruling against Cook Biotech Inc. and Purdue Research Foundation.
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Silicon Graphics To Retain Paul Hastings
Monday, August 21, 2006
Silicon Graphics Inc. has requested permission to hire Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP to act as its special intellectual property counsel.
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Courts Write History on Permanent Injunctions In Patent Actions
Monday, August 21, 2006
Although a few more pages have been filled on the subject, there are still more pages that need to be written before the full impact and proper manner of applying the logic set forth in eBay will be understood, say Anthony F. Lo Cicero and Charles R. Macedo of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP.
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DexCom Scores Stay, Partial Dismissal In Abbott Suit
Friday, August 18, 2006
DexCom Inc. revealed Friday that it received a favorable ruling in a patent infringement dispute with rival Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. over technology related to glucose monitors used by diabetics.
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EchoStar Wins Block Of Damaging DVR Injunction
Friday, August 18, 2006
The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Friday blocked a temporary injunction that would have prevented Echostar Communication Corp. from selling some of its digitial video recorders and stopped the service of about 4 million DVRs within 30 days.
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Gloves Come Off In Plavix Battle
Friday, August 18, 2006
Canadian generic drug maker Apotex has accused Bristol-Myers of engaging in illegal secret side deals that led to a Department of Justice investigation into a Plavix settlement agreement.
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