Case Digests

Pascal Metrics, Inc v. Health Catalyst, Inc.

Publication Date: 2023-05-02
Practice Area: Trade Secrets
Industry: Software
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Johnston
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Max L. Tribble, Jr., Rocco F. Magni, Sylvanus Polky, Scarlett Collings, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Houston, TX; Kalpana Sriivasan, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA; Komal Patel, Dinis Cheian, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: F. Troupe Mickler IV, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory M. Saylin, Tyson C. Horrocks, Cory A. Talbot, Eric G. Maxfield, Doyle Byers, Holland & Hart LLP, Salt Lake City, UT for defendant.
Case Number: N22C-01-175 MMJ CCLD

Similarities between competitor's webinars and white papers and plaintiff's internal design documents, even after plaintiff's employees left to work for the competitor, were insufficient to create a significant red flag to put plaintiff on inquiry notice as to its misappropriation of trade secrets claim.

Park Lawn Corp. v. PlotBox Inc.

Publication Date: 2021-11-16
Practice Area: Trade Secrets
Industry: Software
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Bibas
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody Barillare, John P. Bramble, Michael P. Jones, Nancy L. Patterson, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Leslie B. Spoltore, Dove Burns, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D69611

Misappropriation and tortious interference claims survived dismissal where company plausibly alleged that competitor solicited trade secrets from its chief executive officer and worked with the CEO to poach other key employees, in violation of the CEO's employment agreements.

Smash Franchise Partners v. Kanda Holdings, Inc.

Publication Date: 2020-08-26
Practice Area: Trade Secrets
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Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Neal Bennet, Sarah P. Kaboly and D. McKinley Measley, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy N. Betz and Neil Peluchette, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Indianapolis, IN for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Michael F. Bonkowski and Andrew L. Cole, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven K. Fedder, Fedder & Janofsky LLC, Baltimore, MD for defendants.
Case Number: D69100

Although plaintiffs were not entitled to an injunction shutting down defendants' business, the court granted a limited temporary injunction regarding certain statements made by defendants on their website.

AlixPartners, LLP v. Benichou

Publication Date: 2019-05-22
Practice Area: Intellectual Property | Trade Secrets
Industry: Consulting
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley R. Aronstam, Eric D. Selden, and R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert S. Berezin and Nicholas J. Pappas, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Matthew R. Clark, and Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris, Nicholds, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D68466

The court adopted the narrow version of liability under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which only imposed liability for unauthorized access of computer systems, rather than for misuse of computer systems and files that were otherwise accessed under proper authorization.

The GWO Litig. Trust v. Sprint Solutions, Inc.

Publication Date: 2018-11-07
Practice Area: Business Torts | Trade Secrets
Industry: Retail | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Wallace
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Beck, Sean M. Brennecke, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; John D. Byars, Joseph C. Smith, Jr., Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP, Chicago, IL, attorneys for plaintiff
for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; David I. Swan, Brian A. Kahn, McGuire Woods LLP, Charlotte, NC, attorneys for defendant and third-party plaintiff.
Case Number: D68347

Plaintiff adequately stated claims for trade secret violations and interference with prospective business rela-tions, but its conversion and unfair competition claims were duplicative of the contract claims.

In re: Patriot Nat'l Inc.

Publication Date: 2018-08-22
Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Contracts | Trade Secrets
Industry:
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Judge: Judge Gross
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Case Number: D68255

Motion to dismiss bankruptcy adversary complaint denied where debtor alleged affirmative post-petition act by defendants involving their continuous use of debtors' proprietary information to steal debtor's employees and customers.

The Dow Chem. Co. v. Organik Kimya Holding A.S.

Publication Date: 2018-06-06
Practice Area: Commercial Law | Trade Secrets
Industry: Chemicals and Materials
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodger D. Smith II, Ryan D. Stottmann, Charles K. Verhoeven, Raymond N. Nimrod and James E. Baker for plaintiffs
for defendant: Kathleen Furey McDonough, John A. Sensing, Ryan C. Cicoski, J. Robert Robertson and Benjamin Holt for defendants.
Case Number: D68171

In this trade secret matter, plaintiff alleged sufficient facts to provide defendants with notice of its claims, and the court held it was premature to determine choice of law and preemption issues.

The Dow Chem. Co. v. Organik Kimya Holding A.S.

Publication Date: 2017-11-01
Practice Area: Trade Secrets
Industry: Chemicals and Materials
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodger D. Smith II and Ryan D. Stottmann, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Charles K. Verhoeven, Raymond N. Nimrod, and James E. Baker, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for plaintiffs
for defendant: Kathleen Furey McDonough, John A. Sensing, and Ryan C. Cicoski, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; J. Robert Robertson and Benjamin Holt, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for defendants.
Case Number: D67920

Long arm personal jurisdiction over foreign entity proper where it was alleged that the entity incorporated a domestic entity as an integral part of a scheme to misappropriate and commercialize trade secrets.

Atl. Med. Specialists, LLC v. Gastroenterology Assoc., P.A., DEFAX Case No. D67710 (Del.Super April 20, 2017), Butler, J. (49 pages).

Publication Date: 2017-05-03
Practice Area: Trade Secrets
Industry: Health Care
Court: Delaware Superior Court
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Case Number: D67710

A physician's business profitability and specific reimbursement rates from insurance companies did not qualify as protectable trade secrets because neither provided the physician with any independen

Utilisave, LLC v. Khenin, DeFAX Case No. D66973 (Del. Ch. Aug. 18, 2015) LeGrow, M.C. (32 pages).

Publication Date: 2015-09-23
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Court: Delaware Court of Chancery
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Case Number: D66973