In a significant decision that was handed down on April 20 in MSCI Inc., Financial Engineering Associates, Inc., et al. v. Jacob, Axioma, Inc., et al., New York County trial justice Shirley Kornreich held that a software company claiming that one of its competitors had wrongly misappropriated their trade secret software that is sold [...]
A trade secret theft lawsuit that was recently filed in upstate New York by the Price Chopper chain store illustrates rather vividly how having your small business’s trade secrets – in this case pricing information – can dramatically impact your bottom line. In its initial suit papers, Price Chopper claims that competitor Giant Market would have someone [...]
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 [...]
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.