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  • Truck web Employees’ Access to Files Thwarts Claim Under Anti-Hacking Law

    September 11, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on September 9, 2020, held that two former Royal Truck & Trailer Sales & Service Inc. employees didn’t violate the anti-hacking Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by forwarding and misusing confidential company information because they had permission to access it.
  • Play web ‘Jersey Boys’ Makers Defeat Copyright Claims at Ninth Circuit

    September 9, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on September 8, 2020, held that the musical “Jersey Boys” doesn’t infringe the copyright in a Four Seasons band member’s autobiography because any similarities between the works are based on historical facts.
  • Beauty Enters. v. Gregory web Beauty Sales Rep Misled CVS Vendor Over Trademark, Court Affirms

    September 8, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on August 31, 2020, held that a beauty and personal care sales rep deceived a CVS Pharmacy distributor about her rights to use Carol’s Express as a trademark. Beauty Enters. v. Gregory, 2020 BL 328390, 7th Cir., No. 19-3491, 8/28/20.
  • Sowinski v. Cal. Air Res. Bd. 400 California Beats Cap-and-Trade Patent Infringement Appeal Again

    September 4, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on August 21, 2020, held that the owner of an emissions trading-related patent can’t sue California for infringement a second time after his first suit was dismissed.
  • Mumbai 400 Tata Wins Trim of $420 Million Judgment in Trade Secrets Case

    September 3, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on August 20, 2020, held that the $280 million in punitive damages Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., an Indian multinational IT services company, owes electronic health record developer Epic Systems Corp. for stealing trade secrets is “constitutionally excessive.”