CSC Beats Tata Appeal of $168 Million Trade Secrets Verdict (1)

Computer Sciences Corp. preserved a $168.5 million trade secrets win as the Fifth Circuit rejected Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.'s appeal arguing a court had misinterpreted the relevant contracts.

A lower court properly limited the scope of a CSC grant of rights to share its secrets to its insurance software services customer Transamerica Corp., the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said in a Friday opinion. Tata argued Transamerica had promised to secure required rights as it let Tata access CSC software to craft a bid to win Transamerica’s business—which CSC had hoped the concession would help it ...