University-driven innovation is a cornerstone of societal progress, as academic institutions play a pivotal role in advancing research and technology that fuel economic growth, enhance quality of life, and address global…
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/ Administrative Law, Education Law, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Continuing our series on electric vehicle (EV) trade secret litigations, a federal judge has overturned a jury’s verdict awarding $71 million to Zunum Aero, Inc. for The Boeing Company’s violation of the Washington Trade Secrets…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Continuing our series on electric vehicle (EV) trade secret litigation, see here and here, a California judge has tentatively given Tesla the green light to proceed with a trial against rival Rivian in March of 2025. This will…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
In the rapidly evolving biotech and life sciences sectors, the importance of trade secrets has grown significantly. Companies are investing heavily in research and development to create cutting-edge treatment therapies…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 23, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania dismissed a trade secret misappropriation claim for failure to identify a trade secret. The case is titled Vertical Bridge REIT, LLC v. Everest…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Torts, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
The rise in trade secrets litigation in the electric vehicle (“EV”) sector continues with Tesla filing another lawsuit: this time against its own equipment supplier. On June 14, 2024, Tesla filed a complaint in the Northern…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On January 26, 2023, Cigna Corp. (“Cigna”) sued CVS Health Corp. (“CVS”) and its newly hired chief product officer Amy Bricker (“Bricker”), in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, for allegedly violating…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law, Intellectual Property
Electric car sales in 2023 were 3.5 million higher than in 2022, a 35% increase in one year. The rise in demand for electric vehicles (“EVs”) has prompted many companies to enter the EV battery space. Given the rapid development…
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/ Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
The life sciences sector is in its “golden era” of innovation with the convergence of disciplines—including genetics, immunology, cell biology, and artificial intelligence—changing the speed, efficiency, and cost at which…
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/ Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 1, 2024, in Design Gaps, Inc. v. Hall, 23CV040664-590, North Carolina’s business court dismissed an interior design company’s trade secret claim for failure to sufficiently plead the existence of trade secrets. The…
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/ Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law
AQuate II, LLC v. Jessica Tedrick Myers and Kituwah Global Gov’t Group, LLC, is, as all parties put it, about “an archetypical trade secrets claim,” but with a couple of twists: sovereign immunity and an agreement to resolve…
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/ Indigenous Peoples, Intellectual Property
A recent complaint alleging trade secret misappropriation in the Eastern District of New York demonstrates the importance of combing an alleged trade secret misappropriator’s social media for subtle – and not-so-subtle –…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Taking legal action to protect a trade secret is unlike other intellectual property litigation since what you’re trying to protect is a secret. Plaintiffs must navigate a fine line between pleading their complaint with enough…
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/ Civil Remedies, Intellectual Property
