Intellectual Property Law

Trade secret jury verdict : Silicon Space Technology Corp. v. LSI Logic Corp.

Posted on January 27, 2008
District Court of Texas, 345th Judicial District, Travis County Verdict-Plaintiff: the jury found that LSI Logic violated the Texas Theft of Trade Secrets Statutes and awarded Silicon Space $18 million. Silicon Space asked for $17 million to $24 million, which allegedly represented the value of the trade secrets and the time-cost savings that LSI Logic received from having access to the technology...

Private' messages often open secrets

Posted on January 27, 2008
Tom Henderson Don't send any text messages or e-mails you don't want to see in the newspaper was a lesson Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick learned this week, and one repeated by area attorneys and business consultants. "I advise everyone and practice it absolutely...

Trade Secret Jury Verdict : RRK Holding Co. v. Sears Roebuck & Co.

Posted on January 24, 2008
U.S. District Court, Northern District, Chicago VerdictSearch Weekly Verdict-Plaintiff : the jury found that the Roto Zip was a trade secret; that Sears breached the non-disclosure agreement; that Sears misappropriated trade secrets; and that the misappropriation was willful, wanton and malicious...

The contract in the trade secret ballroom - a forgotten dance partner?

Posted on January 24, 2008
16 Tex. Intell. Prop. L.J. 47 (Fall 2007) Tracey, Alan J. About: Mr. Alan Tracey received dual B.S. degrees in Production Operations and Procurement from Bowling Green State University. Mr. Tracey received his J.D. from The Ohio State University School of Law in 1994 and has been practicing law in the state of California since 1994...

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BACON v. VOLVO SERVICE CENTER, INC.

Posted on January 24, 2008
654 S.E.2d 225, 7 FCDR 3467 (Ga. 2007) A former employee sued employer for abusive litigation after jury verdict in favor of employer in employer's action against employee for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, and related claims was reversed on appeal...

Plaintiff Verigy, a Spinoff of Agilent, Seeks an Injunction Against Silicon Test Systems Inc. and Silicon Test Solutions LLC

Posted on January 21, 2008
Marketwire A preliminary injunction hearing was held on Tuesday January 15, 2008 in the US District Court for the Northern District of California with the honorable Judge Ronald Whyte presiding. The plaintiff in the case is Verigy Ltd. and two of the defendants are Silicon Test Systems Inc...

Making Fast work of search

Posted on January 21, 2008
By Benjamin J. Romano Seattle Times technology reporter Two weeks ago, Microsoft ponied up $1.2 billion to buy a leading player in enterprise search, a growing corner of the market that isn't dominated by Mountain View. Yet. If the deal goes through as expected in the second quarter, the acquisition of Fast Search & Transfer, based in Oslo, Norway, will rank among the six largest in Microsoft history...

FBI launches education campaign targeting 'economic espionage'

Posted on January 21, 2008
Catherine Dominguez - San Antonio Business Journal The FBI is ramping up its efforts locally and across the country to protect the technology and trade secrets of American businesses and universities through a recently unveiled program focused on economic espionage.

Tex App - No trade secret status due to imprecise nature of formula.

Posted on January 14, 2008
From our friends at JurisNotes.com Global Water Group, Inc. v. Atchley (Tex App 1/9/08) Decision Short Summary Global sued Atchley and Aspen Water, Inc. for misappropriation of trade secrets and related claims. The trial court entered judgment in favor of Atchley and Aspen and this court affirmed...

7th Cir - Injunction did not adequately specify trade secrets

Posted on January 14, 2008
From our friends at JurisNotes.com Patriot Homes v. Forest River Housing (7th Cir 1/10/08) Decision Short Summary Patriot and Patriot Manufacturing, Inc. (collectively "Patriot") sued Forest and various individuals (collectively "Forest") for misappropriation of trade secrets, copyright infringement, and related claims...

TRADE SECRET DISCLOSURE FOLLOWS THREE-PART TEST

Posted on January 13, 2008
The National Law Journal Vol. 30, No. 17 (2008) A TRIAL COURT ERRED in ordering Bridgestone to disclose its skim stock formula during pretrial discovery in a products liability suit, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled on Dec. 18 in a case of first impression...

Morrison & Foerster Trade Secret Report - December 2007

Posted on January 13, 2008
Please see December issue of the Trade Secret Report. With companies operating in the global economy, knowing whether non-competition agreements will be enforced in other jurisdictions is essential for both those seeking to enforce and those likely to be subject to enforcement action...

ENCOURAGING 3RD PARTY TO USE TRADE SECRETS DID NOT VIOLATE CUTSA

Posted on January 13, 2008
The Connecticut Law Tribune Vol 13, No. 53 (2007) A plaintiff that did not allege that the defendant itself disclosed or used trade secrets, only that the defendant encouraged, aided or abetted a third-party to use trade secrets, failed to allege a violation of CUTSA, the Connecticut Uniform Trade Secrets Act, C...

EchoMail, Inc. v. American Express Co.

Posted on January 13, 2008
Holding :Competitor did not misappropriate trade secrets of provider of web-based services for e-mail management and storage. Under Massachusetts law, a competitor did not misappropriate the trade secrets of a provider of web-based software, hardware, and services for e-mail management and storage...

Stopping zombies, botnets and other email- and web-borne threats

Posted on January 09, 2008
KM-WhitePapers Alert Hijacked computers, or zombies, hide inside networks where they send spam, steal company secrets, and enable other serious crimes. This paper discusses how the threat has evolved, explains how zombie networks, or botnets, are created and highlights how even organizations with reliable gateway and endpoint protection are vulnerable to these email- and web-borne threats.

Seminar Will Explore Software IP Issues

Posted on January 09, 2008
The DC Bar Association is offering a CLE seminar titled How to Recognize Critical Software IP Issues in Everyday Practice. The program will take place on Wednesday, January 30 from 6 to 9:15 p.m. at the DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street, NW, Washington, DC...

ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE: PRODUCING ELECTRONIC DATA AND PAPER COPIES

Posted on January 09, 2008
Elizabeth E. Blakey, Law Offices of Elizabeth E. Blakey, Drama Lawyer In the discovery phase of modern lawsuits, parties often face the production of electronic evidence or data, in addition to the production of paper documents. Under general principles and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, both types of evidence are considered "writings" or "things" that must be produced to the extent relevant or likely to lead to the production of relevant evidence...

Aviation executives accused of contract conspiracy

Posted on January 09, 2008
WASHINGTON ? Executives from a Czech aviation services firm affiliated with Houston-based Universal Weather and Aviation have been accused of conspiring to buy information from a competitor to help land fuel supply contracts for the Pentagon. All three men have been charged with conspiring to defraud the United States, to commit wire fraud and to steal trade secrets...

Judge Sets April 2008 Trial Date for Silicon Image Trade Secret Case Against Analogix

Posted on January 09, 2008
SUNNYVALE, CA Silicon Image, Inc., a leader in semiconductors for the secure storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition content, today announced that the trial in its trade secret and copyright infringement case against Analogix Semiconductor, Inc...

Bloggers beware: a cautionary tale of blogging and the doctrine of at-will employment.

Posted on January 07, 2008
From the halls of academia... Tracie Watson, Elisabeth Piro 24 Hofstra Lab. & Emp. L.J. 333 (Winter 2007) [Trade Secrets section of article] D. Trade Secrets and Blogging Based upon the principles of law set forth in the Religious Tech cases, there is little doubt that an at-will employee who chooses to post information regarding his employer's trade secrets on a blog, will retain his employment...

Observations On Licensing: Does ?Design Around? Have a Place in Trade-Secret Licensing?

Posted on January 07, 2008
By Neil Wilkof, Herzog, Fox & Neeman, Tel-Aviv, Israel (hfn@hfn.co.il). Mr. Wilkof writes regularly on licensing issues. See the quality value added content you get with BNA International World Intellectual Property Report Daily We all know that while patents and trade secrets may both potentially cover similar subject matters, the rights and obligations afforded by each are fundamentally different...

Department of Defense Contractors Arrested and Charged With Conspiring to Steal Information...

Posted on January 07, 2008
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire Two Department of Defense contractors were arrested in New York City on Jan. 6, 2008, and charged with conspiring to steal information relating to U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contracts to supply fuel to DOD aircraft worldwide, the Department of Justice announced today...

Miss. court to decide if pet food maker must give research documents to PETA

Posted on January 07, 2008
JACK ELLIOTT JR. Associated Press Writer Pet food manufacturer The Iams Company contends Mississippi State University research documents it has been ordered to give People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are trade secrets and not public record. Iams and the university have appealed Chancery Judge Dorothy Colom's adverse decision to the Mississippi Supreme Court...

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