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Trade secrets can be grouped in two kinds based on the reasons why their owners choose trade secret over patent. In the first group you would find different types of information that aren’t patentable due to not meeting the patentability criteria. On…
Just recently, in the Life Spine, Inc. v. Aegis Spine, Inc., Case No. 21-1649 (7th Cir. Aug. 9, 2021) (St. Eve, J.), the Seventh Circuit noted that “a limited disclosure” does not destroy all trade secret protection on a product, allowing a…
Can certain specific medical device details remain company know-how or protected trade secrets even if patents are pursued on the medical device? Consider the Seventh Circuit’s commentary in its August 9, 2021 decision upholding a preliminary…
On January 15, 2020, President Trump signed a lengthy “Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the [US] and the Government of [P. R. of China].” Chapter 1 is entitled “Intellectual Property” that contains Sections on…
On October 23, 2018, Rube P. Hoffman, a California textile manufacturer known for their Hawaiian prints and aloha shirts, filed a copyright infringement suit in the Central District of California against Zara USA, Inc., one of the world’s largest…
The United States District Court of Western District of Washington entered a judgment in a trade secret case, Verasonics, Inc. v. Alpinion Medical Systems Co., Ltd. (Case No. 2:14-cv-01820-JCC). The district court confirmed the final arbitration award,…
On December 4, 2017 Galatea Jewelry (“Galatea” or “Plaintiff”) filed a copyright infringement suit in the District Court for the Central District of California against the well-known crystal jewelry producer and retailer Swarovski…
Keeping secrets in business: Organisations hold business-critical intangible assets that perfectly fit even the strictest definition for a valuable trade secret. A trade secret is any formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, commercial…
Written by Mark Kachner and Daniel P. Hughes Editors: John Sganga , Joseph Cianfrani and Boris Zelkind Judgments and Awards On August 11, 2017, a Los Angeles jury found that Zazzle, Inc (“Zazzle”) owed Greg Young Publishing Inc.…
Written by Vicki Y. Nee and Ian W. Gillies Edited by Loni Morrow and Catherine Holland On June 1, 2017, noted music and fashion photographer Danny Clinch filed suit in the Southern District of New York in connection with the use of two photographs of famed…
The perfect confidentiality agreements is, in most cases, overkill and in any event would probably never be signed. Hundreds, if not thousands, of CDAs, NDAs and other secrecy agreements are signed every day, and the vast majority perform adequately for…
Written by Loni Morrow and Catherine Holland Edited by Jeff Van Hoosear On April 4, 2017, the Ninth Circuit ruled that Urban Outfitters and Century 21 (collectively “Urban”) were liable for willful infringement of a copyrighted fabric design…
