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Irwin IP LLP

District Court Injects Six Errors into Four-Factor Preliminary Injunction Test 

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Insulet Corp. v. EOFlow, Co. Ltd., 2024-1137 (Fed. Cir. June 17, 2024) - The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) recently reversed the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (“District...more

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Former Engineer Accused of Shafting Prominent Golf Shaft Designer and Manufacturer

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Plaintiff Fujikura Composite America, Inc. (“Fujikura”) is one of the most prominent golf club shaft designers and manufacturers. Per Fujikura, in the 2022-2023 PGA Tour season, half of all PGA tournaments were won by a...more

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Manufacturers of Custom Products Protecting Trade Secrets Involved in Production Process

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Manufacturers wanting to protect their trade secrets, especially those related to the production of custom products made for specific customers, should consider some general practices that can increase the likelihood of...more

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Key Takeaways from AmericaMakes: 2022 RAPID + TCT Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) Conference

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Industry Insights, Protecting Your Property/Information and Building a Foundation for Compliance with Labor and Employment Laws - On May 17-19, 2022, the AmericaMakes: RAPID + TCT Additive Manufacturing Conference was...more

Kidon IP

Outsourced Manufacturing and Trade Secrets: Manufacturing Process & Personnel (Part 7)

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After deciding on the basic corporate or contractual structure, the company should decide how best to strategically divide the manufacturing process. In the outsourced manufacturing context, the best process involves not only...more

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Not so Pretty: Cosmetic Company Acquisitions Lead to Contentious Trade Secret Spat

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At the end of 2019, Coty Inc. (“Coty”) expanded its brand portfolio by closing a notable $600 million deal for a majority stake in reality star Kylie Jenner’s young cosmetics company, King Kylie LLC (d/b/a Kylie Cosmetics)....more

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No Counsel, No Lawsuit: Federal Court Tosses CBD Trade Secret Case

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As we previously reported, CBD company Healthcare Resources Management Group, LLC (Healthcare Resources) filed an action in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida claiming trade secret misappropriation by...more

Franczek P.C.

A Not So Sweet Deal for Employers Seeking to Protect Trade Secrets Under the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine

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An Illinois appellate court recently clarified the outer limits of the controversial “inevitable disclosure doctrine” under the Illinois Trade Secrets Act....more

Fenwick & West LLP

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Spring 2019

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Avoiding the Top 5 Potholes for Autonomous Transportation Startups - Autonomous transportation technology was widespread at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show. Advances in object identification, mapping, machine learning,...more

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Don’t Rock The Boat: Eleventh Circuit Sinks Boatmaker’s Trade Secrets Claims Against Rival

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On August 7, 2018, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of defendant in Yellowfin Yachts v. Barker Boatworks, LLC. Sending the rival high-end boatmakers back to shore after a two-year dispute, the Eleventh...more

Morgan Lewis

Congress Sends Chemical Safety Reform Legislation to Be Signed into Law

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The historic reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act overhauls the United States’ primary chemical safety law for the first time in 40 years. Following months of closed-door negotiations, the US House of...more

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CBP Expands Information Sharing Procedures to Help Detect Counterfeit Merchandise

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Effective October 19, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) implemented a final rule expanding CBP’s information sharing procedures with importers and trademark owners with respect to merchandise suspected of bearing...more

Zelle LLP

Are Your Trade Secrets Safe?

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A few years back, we had a client – a manufacturing business – that decided to sue an ex-employee for stealing its trade secrets. Our client had developed a process that was unique. Using this process, it was able to...more

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