We have previously reviewed Sixth Circuit decisions to uncover trends in class actions, as well as in employment and Daubert cases. For this post, we generally reviewed the Sixth Circuit’s intellectual property cases from the last two years. We found that most of the cases before the court were copyright and trademark cases, with just … Continue Reading
Prosecutors trying to stop intellectual property theft were dealt a blow in United States v. Qin (12-1015), where the Sixth Circuit held that evidence of stealing electronic parts and schematics from one employer was not similar enough to a charge of stealing trade secrets from a different employer. Judge Donald’s opinion notes that evidence of … Continue Reading