Earlier this month, a Northern District of Illinois jury returned a verdict in favor of Motorola for over $700 million after a trial in which Motorola alleged that Hytera hired three engineers away from Motorola’s Malaysian...more
3/13/2020
/ Confidential Business Information (CBI) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Damages ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Economic Espionage Act ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Misappropriation ,
Popular ,
RJR Nabisco v European Community ,
Trade Secrets
The Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently granted immunity under the whistleblower provision of the Defend Trade Secret Act in what appears to be the first decision of its kind under the new federal trade secret statute....more
4/9/2018
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Confidential Information ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Immunity ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Title VII ,
Trade Secrets ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies
An important question for any plaintiff alleging trade secret misappropriation is: “How much detail should I provide about the stolen trade secrets in the complaint?” Answering this question often requires the balancing of...more
In some of the first decisions under the newly enacted Defend Trade Secrets Act, on June 10 and 22, 2016, United States District Judge Jon S. Tigar granted a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in Henry...more
On January 27, 2016, the International Trade Commission (ITC) formally requested a rehearing en banc of a November 10, 2015, Federal Circuit panel decision in ClearCorrect Operating, LLC v. ITC. The Federal Circuit’s panel...more
2015 was a busy year for post-grant review appeals at the Federal Circuit and produced notable opinions in the areas of claim construction, IPR procedural issues, and the constitutionality of IPRs in general. In 2015, the...more
On November 10, 2015, the Federal Circuit issued its opinion in ClearCorrect Operating, LLC v. ITC, and struck a blow to both the ITC and the entertainment and software industries by overturning the ITC’s opinion and finding...more
A shortlist of JD Supra writers covering the many complex issues of Patent Law and featured here for a number of reasons, including that they recently authored popular work in this realm....more
The Federal Circuit has again held that it lacks jurisdiction to review certain decisions of the U.S. Patent Trial & Appeal Board in Inter Partes Reviews, continuing the Court’s apparent “hands off” approach to reviewing PTAB...more
10/9/2015
/ Apple ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
En Banc Review ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Jurisdiction ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Petition For Rehearing ,
Real Party in Interest ,
Versata ,
Young Lawyers
Earlier this week, the Federal Circuit in Circuit Check Inc. v. QXQ, Inc. clarified the standard by which a reference may be considered prior art for the purposes of an obviousness determination. See No. 2015-1155, Slip. Op....more