Trade Secret, Copyright Suit Defendants Ordered To Turn Over Email Attachments

Mealey's (January 24, 2019, 2:39 PM EST) -- SHERMAN, Texas — A federal judge in Texas on Jan. 22 ordered defendants in a trade secrets misappropriation and patent and copyright infringement lawsuit to turn over nine email attachments that were previously withheld from discovery requests, rejecting the defendants’ argument that the documents are not relevant to the plaintiff’s claims and are protected trade secrets (Performance Pulsation Control Inc. v. Sigma Drilling Technologies LLC, et al., No. 17-0450, E.D. Texas, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10166)....