Benjamin Moore Wins $4.2 Million, Ducks Trade Secrets Claims

Benjamin Moore & Co. convinced a federal judge in New Jersey to reverse his decision to let an ex-licensee’s trade secrets counterclaims proceed, and to award the paint company $4.2 million in damages.

B.M. Mediterranean SA failed to undercut summary judgment on Benjamin Moore’s claims that the licensee didn’t pay contractually required royalties, Judge Jamel K. Semper of the US District Court for the District of New Jersey said Thursday.

Denying B.M. Mediterranean’s motion for reconsideration, Semper also found that he had applied the wrong standard in keeping the licensee’s trade secrets and tortious interference claims alive, and should have ...