Mealey's (August 23, 2018, 12:49 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A federal judge in California on Aug. 21 ruled that dismissal of a company’s state and federal trade secrets law claims against its competitor in the compact garden hose manufacturing industry is not warranted because the company has sufficiently shown that its “business and marketing strategy” qualifies for trade secret protection under both statutes (Yeiser Research & Development LLC v. Teknor Apex Co., No. 17-1290, S.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141969)....