L’Oréal Appeals $66M Patent, Trade Secret Judgment To Federal Circuit

Mealey's (July 17, 2020, 9:40 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a July 2 appellant brief, L’Oréal USA Inc. tells the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that it was entitled to judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) on allegations that it misappropriated four trade secrets relating to hair care products, citing a Delaware federal judge’s own finding that a patent assignee-plaintiff “did not prove the value of any trade secret except maleic acid as an active agent” (L’Oréal USA Inc. v. Liqwd Inc., et al., No. 20-1382, Fed. Cir.)....