Ryanair accused Booking.com of several CFAA violations based upon Booking.com, through a third-party partner, accessing the password-protected "myRyanair" portion of the Ryanair website. Ryanair alleged, and the jury found,...more
8/14/2024
/ Airlines ,
Booking.com ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Counterclaims ,
Defamation ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Ryanair ,
Tortious Interference ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Vicarious Liability
Employers continuously face a key employee or consultant leaving or separating from the company to join or start a competing business. In these inevitable scenarios, the loss – potential or actual – of the company's...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently ventured into the electric vehicle technology space, but only to invalidate a patent related to networked charging stations.
ChargePoint, the patent owner, argued...more
Judge William Alslup of the Northern District of California recently awarded fees to CloudFlare, Inc. (CloudFlare), a defendant in a trade secret misappropriation case under, in part, the relatively new Defend Trade Secrets...more
10/31/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Bad Faith ,
Confidential Information ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Mediation ,
Misappropriation ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Trade Secrets ,
Voluntary Dismissals
The patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. 1400(b) (the statute), states that "[a]ny civil action for patent infringement may be brought in the judicial district where the defendant resides, or where the defendant has committed acts...more