Case: Patents & Trade Secrets/JMOL (Fed. Cir.)

The Federal Circuit affirmed in part, vacated, in part, and reversed in part the decision of a federal district court in California denying Augmenta LLC, Cornell Cosmetic Urology LLC, Hans Mische LLC, Huck Medical Technologies Inc., and several individuals judgment as a matter of law on International Medical Devices Inc. and Menova International Inc.'s action for infringement of cosmetic implant patents, misappropriation of trade secrets, counterfeiting, and breach of contract. The appeals court said there was no legally sufficient evidentiary basis to support the jury’s findings of trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, and patent invalidity, and affirmed the denial ...