Administrative: Trademark-Trade Secrets-Infringement
Plaintiff purchased IP assets from various companies engaged in manufacturing asphalt plants. Defendant began manufacturing replacement parts previously designed by the companies acquired by plaintiff. Plaintiff alleged that defendant, through employees previously employed by plaintiff’s acquired subsidiaries, misappropriated plaintiff’s trade secrets. Where statute of limitations had e[...]
Intellectual Property : Patent Infringement – Discovery – Trade Secrets
Andover Healthcare, Inc. v. 3M Company (MLW No. 68989 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)
Tort : Trade Secrets – Client List – Newly Discovered Evidence
Central Trust and Investment Company v. SignalPoint Asset Management (MLW No. 66057/Case No. SC93182 – 18 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Fischer, J.; Breckenridge, Stith, Draper, Wilson and Teitelman, JJ., and Bickel, Sp. J., concur. Russell, C.J., not participating)
Contracts: Non-Compete Provision – Trade Secrets – Customer Contacts
Central Trust and Investment Company v. Kennedy (MLW No. 64622/Case No. SD31658 – 17 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis, J.)
Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets – Engine Overhaul Documents
AvidAir Helicopter Supply, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce Corporation (MLW No. 63053/Case No. 10-3444 – 14 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.)
Centene sues former official, claiming sabotage of lobbying
Centene Corp. has filed a lawsuit against one of its former employees, alleging she attempted to sabotage its lobbying efforts and revealed company trade secrets. Centene filed the lawsuit against Julia Ciorletti, a former vice president of government relations in Centene’s Washington, D.C., office, in St. Louis County Circuit Court on Oct. 9. Centene alleges […]
Centene claims former executive sabotaged lobbying efforts
Centene Corp. has filed a lawsuit against one of its former employees alleging she attempted to sabotage its lobbying efforts and revealed company trade secrets. St. Louis-based Centene filed the lawsuit against Julia Ciorletti, a former vice president of government relations in Centene’s Washington D.C. office, in St. Louis County Circuit Court on Oct. 9. […]
Lathrop fights to regain ground
Legal malpractice defendant Lathrop & Gage is trying to take back in federal court ground the firm lost in state court. The lawsuit, first filed against the law firm by a former bank client, was removed to federal court in December. Early this month, attorneys asked St. Louis federal magistrate Judge Frederick Buckles to overturn […]
Beware: Sensitive data is a frequent target
Where is your company’s sensitive information at this very moment? You may say that it is in the company’s files locked in someone’s office or in a certain directory on the company’s server. I hope you’re right. But according to a recent survey, information you believe is confidential may also be in a number of […]
Ex-employees sued over trade secrets
A St. Louis-based box manufacturer and graphic display company says four former employees used the company’s trade secrets to compete against it. The company, Boxes Inc., is seeking more than $7.5 million in actual damages from the former employees and another company the employees contracted with to do business. That doesn’t include punitive damages, prejudgment […]
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