Mealey's (November 30, 2017, 3:41 PM EST) -- DENVER — A defendant in a misappropriation of trade secrets lawsuit has failed to show that its direct competitor was aware that the defendant had unlawfully accessed the competitor’s confidential and proprietary information in violation of state law outside of the applicable statute of limitations, and its claims, therefore, are not time-barred, a federal magistrate judge in Colorado ruled Nov. 28 in denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss (Gates Corp. v. CRP Industries Inc., No. 16-1145, D. Colo., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195053)....