The world’s most famous trade secret, the vigilantly guarded recipe for Coca-Cola, is kept in a purpose-built vault in the company’s Atlanta headquarters. Most trade secrets, howev­er, are kept on computers, where they are decidedly more vul­nerable to hackers and ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property

In this dispute between a government con­tractor and companies that were pursuing subcontracts under a Teaming Agreement with the prime contractor, the Supreme Court of Virginia reverses a $1.25 million judgment against the prime contractor for breach of a non-disclosure ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Justice Cleo E. Powell Supreme Court of Virginia

In this dispute over development of an anti-abuse product for Internet domain names and a jury award of $10 million to plaintiff for trade secret misappropria­tion, conversion and civil conspiracy, the Alexandria U.S. District Court sets aside the $5 million ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this Lanham Act case asserting un­fair competition in the use of the “Fla­nax” trademark for pain medication sold in the U.S. and in Mexico, the 4th Circuit says Bayer is entitled to bring its unfair competition claims under Lanham ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Intellectual Property Judge G. Steven Agee

The Charlottesville U.S. District Court overrules a university patent foundation’s objections to the magistrate judge’s amendment of a protective order governing the scope allowed for plaintiff’s expert to review defendant’s confidential materials. The underlying technology in the case involves magnetic ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

In plaintiff Verisign Inc.’s Lanham Act suit alleging defendant XYZ and its founder and CEO, Daniel Negari, made false statements during an NPR radio interview and in a YouTube video about defendant’s relative success as a domain name registrar and ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In Bayer Cropscience AG’s suit alleging defendant Dow Agrosciences LLC violated a 1992 patent license agreement for certain plant technology, a Norfolk U.S. District Court grants plaintiffs’ motion to affirm an arbitration award; the court finds the issue of “double ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An engineer-inventor who is suing defendant Patent and Trademark Office for an alleged unreasonable delay in final agency action on 80 of his approximately 400 pending applications  has his suit dismissed as the Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Plaintiff, a registered patent attorney before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 1997, who is the subject of a USPTO disciplinary complaint and investigation alleging plaintiff had prosecuted a trademark application during a period of time when he was ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this suit by plaintiff company, a technology consulting business, against co-owners who allegedly formed a competing business and appropriated logos and content from plaintiff’s website, the Alexandria U.S. District Court denies defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s Lanham Act claim ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District