State, Federal Trade Secret Claims Survive Dismissal Bid

Mealey's (August 1, 2019, 7:27 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge in Minnesota on July 24 ruled that a creator of hemostatic products has sufficiently pleaded that its competitor misappropriated its trade secret information in a patent application for a new product in violation of state and federal trade secret laws after receiving the information during acquisition discussions in violation of a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) (Protégé Biomedical LLC v. Z-Medica LLC, No. 18-3227, D. Minn., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122986)....