Panel Affirms Dismissal Of DTSA Claim For Failure To State A Claim

Mealey's (December 19, 2018, 10:13 AM EST) -- DENVER — A federal district court did not err in dismissing an inventor’s Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) claim against his former romantic and business partner and others because the inventor failed to sufficiently show that the defendants continued to misappropriate his trade secret information for a manhole security cover after the DTSA was enacted, a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Dec. 18 (Leslie L. Camick v. Harry R. Holladay, et al., Nos. 18-3065 and 18-3074, 10th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 35410)....