9th Circuit Panel Reverses Summary Judgment Ruling In DTSA Suit

Mealey's (October 19, 2020, 2:23 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 15 overturned a federal district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of a defendant in a trade secret misappropriation lawsuit stemming from a failed software licensing agreement, ruling that genuine issues of material fact exist as to whether the plaintiff in the action had properly identified the trade secrets allegedly misappropriated with the requisite particularity (InteliClear LLC v. ETC Global Holdings Inc., No. 19-55862, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 32542)....