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Trade Secret

Taiwan Intellectual Property and Commercial Court (智慧財產及商業法院)
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Taiwan v. Chen Li-ming (TSMC Trade Secret Case) — Taiwan Court Sentences Former Engineer to 10 Years for Leaking 2nm Chip Secrets to Tokyo Electron

Taiwan’s Intellectual Property and Commercial Court convicted four engineers and fined Tokyo Electron NT$150 million in the first-ever corporate conviction under Taiwan’s National Security Act, for theft of TSMC’s 2nm semiconductor process technology classified as a national core c

Taiwan Intellectual Property and Commercial Court
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Taiwan IP Court Convicts Engineers in TSMC 2nm Trade Secret Theft — Tokyo Electron Fined NT$150 Million in Landmark National Security Act Case

Taiwan’s Intellectual Property and Commercial Court convicted four engineers and fined Tokyo Electron NT$150 million for stealing TSMC’s advanced 2-nanometer chip manufacturing secrets, in the first corporate conviction under Taiwan’s amended National Security Act.

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Taiwan v. Chen Li-ming (TSMC Trade Secret Case) — Taiwan Court Sentences Former Engineer to 10 Years for Leaking 2nm Chip Secrets to Tokyo Electron

Taiwan’s Intellectual Property and Commercial Court convicted four engineers and fined Tokyo Electron NT$150 million in the first-ever corporate conviction under Taiwan’s National Security Act, for theft of TSMC’s 2nm semiconductor process technology classified as a national core c

U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
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Joe Gibbs Racing v. Gabehart — Federal Court Grants Trade Secret Injunction Against Former NASCAR Competition Director

A federal court in North Carolina granted Joe Gibbs Racing a preliminary injunction barring former competition director Christopher Gabehart from retaining or using the team’s trade secrets, but declined to extend relief against his new employer, Spire Motorsports.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division
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Elite Semiconductor v. Anchor Semiconductor — Court Shields Litigation Funder From Fee Liability in Trade Secret Case

A Northern District of California court ruled that litigation funder Legalist, Inc. is not liable for attorney’s fees after the plaintiff’s trade secret case was dismissed as time-barred, holding that reviewing and approving only the initial complaint does not constitute sufficient contr

Federal Circuit
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International Medical Devices v. Cornell — Federal Circuit Reverses $17M Trade Secret Award, Holds Patent Disclosures Extinguish Trade Secret Rights

The Federal Circuit reversed a $17 million trade secret verdict, holding that design concepts disclosed in prior patents are generally known and unprotectable as trade secrets even if never commercialized, while affirming a $1 million Lanham Act counterfeiting judgment.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
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Oracle America v. Doe: E.D.N.C. Grants Same-Day TRO Against Laid-Off Sales Employee Threatening to Sell Trade Secrets

After announcing 30,000 layoffs, Oracle secures a temporary restraining order barring a recently separated sales employee from disclosing trade secrets he had threatened to sell to the “highest bidder” absent an “unreasonable” fee. A primer on DTSA TRO practice in the RIF era

Federal Circuit
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Masimo Corp. v. True Wearables, Inc. — Federal Circuit Upholds Trade Secret Injunction, Holds Prior Publication in Unrelated Field Does Not Destroy Secrecy

The Federal Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction protecting Masimo’s pulse oximeter algorithm as a trade secret, holding that prior publication of equivalent mathematics in a statistics journal did not make the algorithm generally known to those who could obtain economic value from it in

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Masimo Corp. v. True Wearables, Inc. — Federal Circuit Upholds Trade Secret Injunction, Holds Prior Publication in Unrelated Field Does Not Destroy Secrecy

The Federal Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction protecting Masimo’s pulse oximeter algorithm as a trade secret, holding that prior publication of equivalent mathematics in a statistics journal did not make the algorithm generally known to those who could obtain economic value from it in

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