Guitar Pedal Maker Found To Have Adequately Pleaded DTSA Claim

Mealey's (April 15, 2019, 3:53 PM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon on April 12 ruled that although a maker of guitar pedals has failed to adequately state a claim for relief for violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), it has sufficiently shown what trade secrets four of its former employees allegedly misappropriated in their attempt to form a competing company after the death of the guitar pedal maker’s owner to support its Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) claim (Catalinbread LLC v. Howard Gee., et al., No. 18-1795, D. Ore., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63122)....