A temporary restraining order (“TRO”) followed by a preliminary injunction is often essential for a company to maintain the trade secrets status of its information that is being misappropriated. Typically, once the...more
11/19/2024
/ Confidentiality Agreements ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Discovery ,
Expedited Discovery ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Misappropriation ,
Proprietary Information ,
Trade Secrets ,
TRO ,
Uniform Trade Secrets Acts
Last month, Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Vital”), the manufacturer of the Bang energy drink, fell short in its post-trial challenge to a “monster” jury award in favor of Monster Energy Company (“Monster”). ...more
11/14/2023
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
False Advertising ,
Jury Awards ,
Lanham Act ,
Misappropriation ,
Monster Energy Drinks ,
Trade Secrets ,
Uniform Trade Secrets Acts ,
Willful Violations
Earlier this month, a federal court judge in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss a plaintiff’s amended complaint for, among other claims, trade secret...more
In a recent trade secrets litigation in the United States District Court in the Northern District of California, a jury awarded the plaintiffs 40 million dollars, half of which was punitive damages. The Court also...more
11/30/2022
/ Confidential Information ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Former Employee ,
Injunctions ,
Jury Awards ,
Misappropriation ,
No-Poaching ,
Proprietary Information ,
Punitive Damages ,
Research and Development ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Trade Secrets
A federal magistrate judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in a trade secrets dispute involving CBD-based pain cream, recently granted summary judgment in favor of all but one...more
Earlier this month, the Fifth Circuit ruled that under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. § 1836, et seq.) (“DTSA”), a defendant is not the “prevailing party” by virtue of a plaintiff voluntarily dismissing a DTSA claim,...more