Who Says Small Business Can’t Protect Its Proprietary Technology Against the Big Boys?

On May 21, a Texas jury rendered a verdict against software giant Microsoft, and awarded a relatively small Canadian software company $200 million after finding that Microsoft had infringed on i4i’s proprietary technology. And this isn’t even the first time this year that a jury has found in favor of a much smaller business in [...]

Infringers Beware: Court Upholds $100 Million Verdict In Bratz Dolls Case

On April 27, a California Federal Court upheld a jury’s $100 million verdict that was rendered in favor of Mattel, Inc., against MGA Entertainment Inc., based on their finding that the concept for the immensely popular Bratz dolls had originated with Mattel, but this idea was pirated, or stolen, by MGA. In rendering his opinion, [...]

$100 Million Breach of Contract and Trade Secret Lawsuit Dismissed

Earlier this week, a Texas jury dismissed a software company’s lawsuit against Sun Microsystems which sought damages in the amount of  $100 million. In the lawsuit, the software company alleged that after Sun had initially contracted with them to jointly develop certain software, Sun decided about 3 years later that they wanted to go with a different vendor, and transferred [...]

Federal Judge Seals Courtroom To Protect Business Trade Secrets

In this blog post, Long Island, NY small business attorney discusses a recent decision by a California judge to seal her courtroom to the public in order to protect a business’s proprietary trade secret information. For more information on trade secret protection generally, please see Mr. Cooper’s website at www.JonathanCooperLaw.com.

NY’s High Court Limits Time to Bring Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim

In a March 26 decision regarding a commercial litigation case, New York’s Court of Appeals held that where a business sought primarily to recover monetary damages, rather than injunctive relief,  resulting from its broker’s alleged breach of fiduciary duties to the plaintiff company, the business had only 3 years within which to commence suit rather than the 6 [...]