Defendants’ Personal Jurisdiction Arguments In Trade Secrets Suit Rejected

Mealey's (February 19, 2020, 1:39 PM EST) -- CLEVELAND — A federal judge in Ohio on Feb. 18 ruled that a designer and manufacturer of battery chargers and related products for motor vehicles has sufficiently shown that a federal district court has specific jurisdiction over claims made in a trade secret misappropriation lawsuit against an industry competitor alleged to have stolen a notebook from the plaintiff containing trade secret information (The NOCO Co. v. CTEK Inc., et al., No. 19-853, N.D. Ohio, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27237)....