Welcome to WilmerHale’s bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items.
This month’s cases address when a prevailing party on a trade secret misappropriation claim can receive attorney’s fees, the...more
6/16/2025
/ Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Business Litigation ,
Damages ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Former Employee ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Membership Interest ,
Misappropriation ,
Operating Agreements ,
Trade Secrets
Welcome to WilmerHale’s bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. We’ve affectionately nicknamed it “Readily Ascertainable” because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out....more
5/13/2025
/ Breach of Contract ,
Cal Code of Civil Procedure ,
Confidential Information ,
Damages ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Injunctions ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Misappropriation ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Summary Judgment ,
Trade Secrets
On April 18, 2025, the Federal Circuit published an opinion in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp. holding that patents claiming the application of existing machine learning models “to new data environments, without...more
Welcome to WilmerHale’s bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. We’ve affectionately nicknamed it “Readily Ascertainable” because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out....more
Welcome to WilmerHale’s bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. We’ve affectionately nicknamed it “Readily Ascertainable” because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out. ...more
This month’s cases involve a cert petition to the U.S. Supreme Court on the extraterritorial application of the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act, a matter of first impression before the Court of Federal Claims, and a reminder...more
2/11/2025
/ Appeals ,
Court of Federal Claims ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Discovery ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Jurisdiction ,
Misappropriation ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Summary Judgment ,
Takings Clause ,
Trade Secrets
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
STEUBEN FOODS, INC. v. SHIBUYA HOPPMANN CORPORATION [OPINION] (2023-1790, 1/24/2025) (Moore, Hughes, Cunningham) -
Moore, Chief J. The Court reversed the district...more
2/5/2025
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Appeals ,
Apple ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Precedential Opinion
Welcome to WilmerHale’s bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. We’ve affectionately nicknamed it “Readily Ascertainable” because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out....more
Welcome to WilmerHale’s bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. We’ve affectionately nicknamed it “Readily Ascertainable” because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out....more
12/19/2024
/ Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Counterclaims ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
eBay Test ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Misappropriation ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Preemption ,
Proprietary Information ,
Remedies ,
Standing ,
Statute of Limitations ,
TikTok ,
Trade Secrets ,
Uniform Trade Secrets Acts
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
NETFLIX, INC. v. DIVX, LLC [OPINION] (2022-1138, 9/11/2023) (Hughes, Stoll, and Stark) -
Stoll, J. The Court vacated the Board’s finding that an asserted prior art...more