In a stunning per curiam ruling, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals last week vacated a judgment of nearly $1 billion, and a 20-year non-compete injunction, entered by an Eastern District of Virginia judge in favor of the DuPont Company. The appellate tribunal held that the lower court committed prejudicial error by granting DuPont’s pre-trial motion in limine to bar
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Federal Court Rules That Government’s Service Attempts Fail In Criminal Trade Secret Matter
A federal judge in Virginia recently held that the United States Department of Justice’s attempts to serve Kolon Industries, Inc and five of its executives with criminal summons in a high profile criminal trade secrets action were ineffective, finding, among other things, that service on its U.S. subsidiary was not sufficient.
In the complaint, which was unsealed last October, the
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Extraordinary 20-Year Global Injunction For “Bulletproof” Trade Secrets Theft
We previously blogged in our 2011 year end review about a noteworthy trade secret misappropriation case where DuPont Co. successfully obtained a jury verdict of approximately $920 million in damages against rival Kolon Industries Inc. DuPont sued Kolon for the alleged theft of trade secrets regarding a proprietary fiber used to make “bulletproof” police and riot gear.
Yesterday, U.S. District
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