Category: Trade Secrets
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Three-year prison sentence confirmed for ex-Samsung IP head over trade secret misappropriation
Seungho Ahn, who headed up Samsung’s IP unit for nine years, has been sentenced to three years in prison for the misappropriation of trade secrets relating to Samsung’s patent strategy, including using them in a U.S. patent infringement lawsuit.
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Navitas sues Renesas in U.S. district court for infringing gallium nitride patents in response to Japanese company’s trade secret claims
The gallium nitride patent wars gather pace as Navitas files suit in the Eastern District of Texas.
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Next transatlantic long-arm fight: SAP wants Mannheim court to clear it of U.S. trade secret misappropriation claims brought by Celonis
Another layer of complexity in a high-stakes cross-jurisdictional competition, patent, and trade secrets dispute with cases pending in different U.S. and European courts (plus, regulatory investigations). This is sort of a “reverse Onesta” play.
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Apple patent adversary Masimo acquired in $9.9B dealÂ
As Masimo awaits the outcome of a United States International Trade Commission investigation into a patent non-infringement decision in its case against Apple, and a parallel appeal against a $634 million damages verdict filed by Apple, the company has agreed to be acquired by Danaher for over $9.9 billion.
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Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP strikes trade secret litigation financing deal with Tangibly
The partnership will transform trade secret enforcement from a “reactive burden into a proactive advantage”, Mr. Spangenberg said today.
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Samsung Display, BOE informed ITC of settlement only 44 minutes prior to scheduled publication of final trade secrets ruling; rumored value of $700M-$1B
BOE settled Samsung Display’s trade secret claims literally at the 11th hour.