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Not All Documents Labeled Confidential Actually Are: Texas Jury Finds $23M Trade Secret Case Was Brought in Bad Faith

Trading Secrets

d/b/a Liquid Networx (“Liquid Networx”) and company executives Travis Wood and Robert Short, alleging they misappropriated trade secrets concerning its online platform for handling contracts named Telibid. Teligistics alleged the Liquid Networx “sanitized” its RFP by changing the names of parties to secure contracts for financial gain.

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Not All Documents Labeled Confidential Actually Are: Texas Jury Finds $23M Trade Secret Case Was Brought in Bad Faith

LexBlog IP

d/b/a Liquid Networx (“Liquid Networx”) and company executives Travis Wood and Robert Short, alleging they misappropriated trade secrets concerning its online platform for handling contracts named Telibid. 2021) (“[B]usiness information is not necessarily a trade secret simply because it is confidential.”).

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NDA: An Effective Way to Protect Confidential Information

LexBlog IP

22, 2021) A159749 (Cal. A settlement agreement was reached where Elation could inspect the software developed by Shi and prevent the use of any trade secrets or confidential information. Elation could then reinspect the software both before and after the first sale of the product by Shi. ’” (Quoting Sweet v. 2d 630, 632.)

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2021 Trade Secrets Webinar Series: Takeaways & Recordings

Trading Secrets

Throughout 2021, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice Group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing clients today. Overview of Non-Compete Legislation and Enforcement Issues from 2021.

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Ping® December 2021 – Data Protection & Copyright Law 

LexBlog IP

In legal terms, those rights are intellectual property (IP) rights such as copyright, patents, and trademarks, confidentiality obligations, and contract rights. The principal areas of law discussed were copyright and contracts.

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2021 Trade Secrets Webinar Series: Takeaways & Recordings

LexBlog IP

Throughout 2021, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice Group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing clients today. Overview of Non-Compete Legislation and Enforcement Issues from 2021.

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Mr Justice Zacaroli finds manufacturing software copyright infringed and confidence breached in ex-employee fight

The IPKat

When one hears the claims of copyright infringement, confidential information and employment claims one can readily assume that this is an employer/ex-employee dispute. US proceedings were filed by PQ against CyberMetrics in October 2017, Mr Aughton was deposed in October 2021 and the proceedings then settled on confidential terms.