Panel Upholds Summary Judgment Ruling In Trade Secrets Dispute

Mealey's (December 21, 2018, 10:20 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A federal district court did not err in granting summary judgment in a trade secret misappropriation lawsuit because a provider of long-distance data services for telecommunications carriers failed to sufficiently show that its videoconferencing technology was a trade secret or that its former business partner misappropriated its trade secrets in violation of their business agreement, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Dec. 11 (Next Communications Inc., et al. v. Viber Media Inc., No. 17-3511, 2nd Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 35054)....