Virginia Federal Judge Grants Defense Summary Judgment In Case Alleging Recipes Are Trade Secrets

(December 22, 2016, 11:32 AM EST) -- HARRISONBURG, Va. — A Virginia federal judge on Dec. 9 granted a defendants’ motion for summary judgment in case in which an Asian restaurant chef alleged that his recipes were trade secrets, saying that the chef offered no proof that his recipes produced dishes that differed in any way from similar dishes at other Asian restaurants (Hui Kun Li, et al. v. John E. Shuman, et al., No. 5:14-cv-00030, W.D. Va.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171009)....