trade secrets

F.C. Kingston Sues Kingtech – A Company Started By Former Employees – For Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, and Trade Secret Misappropriation

December 31, 2008 10:00

Los Angeles, CA – Trademark attorneys for F.C. Kingston LLC and Storm Manufacturing Group, Inc. (“Kingston”) filed a trademark infringement, unfair competition, and trade secret misappropriation complaint, at the Central District of California (Los Angeles Division), against Kingtech LLC –...Los Ang...

Chancery Court Rules on Business Break-up Issues and Decides Oral Resignation of Director is Effective

Francis G.X. Pileggi
December 23, 2008 01:39

In General Video Corp. v. Kertesz, et al., 2008 Del Ch. LEXIS 181 (Dec. 17, 2008), the Delaware Chancery Court  addresses issues of practical importance to anyone interested in the sundry issues that always arise in connection with the "break-up" of a closely-held...

Questions Unanswered: The Application of California's New Trade Secret Jury Instructions

Sheppard Mullin
December 08, 2008 23:49

In December, 2007, the California Judicial Council published sample jury instructions for trade secret misappropriation claims.  Some of the instructions were revised and others added in April, 2008 (the Table of Contents directs the reader down to Section 4400 of the instructions entitled...

Arbitrator Clears Electric Carmaker in Trade Secrets Case

Eric Lane
December 07, 2008 22:02

  In a previous post, I wrote about a trade secrets case between two rival electric car startups, Tesla Motors (Tesla) and Fisker Automotive (Fisker).  In the lawsuit, filed in April, Tesla accused Fisker along with its CEO, Henrik Fisker, its COO, Bernhard Koehler, and Mssrs. Fisker and Koehler...

IP.com CEO Speaking at PATINEX 2008

IP.com Editor
November 12, 2008 08:59

Johnson Kong, Executive Vice President and Head of Asia for IP.com Inc. is in Korea with Tom Colson, our CEO, who addressed an international group of thought leaders gathering at PATINEX 2008. IP.com Inc. CEO Tom Colson's presentation was on Advanced Enterprise Management and IP Strategies. The...