Federal Circuit Vacates Damages, Partly Affirms Trade Secret, Patent Verdicts

Mealey's (May 2, 2018, 1:36 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A jury’s finding of trade secret and patent infringement liability by a defendant stemming from failed merger negotiations was partly upheld May 1 by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, but the panel vacated the jury’s award of $48 million in disgorged profits on behalf of the prevailing plaintiff, writing that disgorgement must instead come from the court (Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America Inc., f/k/a Intersil Corporation, Nos. 2016-2121, -2208, -2235, Fed. Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 11232)....