July 17, 2026
The Federal Circuit issued two of the year's most consequential trade secret rulings within days of each other, wiping out Insulet's victory in a wearable insulin patch pump case while reopening a software company's path to potentially larger damages in a dispute with Ford Motor Co. Here, Law360 highlights the biggest trade secret decisions so far this year.
May 22, 2026
The Federal Circuit on Friday reinstated a jury's $82.3 million contract award to Versata Software Inc. against Ford Motor Co. and ordered a new trial on trade secret damages, finding in a precedential decision that the lower court improperly limited available damages theories.
December 04, 2025
The Federal Circuit didn't seem to be buying Versata Software's argument Thursday morning that a Michigan federal judge made a big mistake by clearing a nearly $105 million trade secrets and breach of contract verdict it won against Ford and replacing it with just $3 in damages.
November 24, 2025
The Federal Circuit's argument calendar for December includes a festive $71.4 million patent dispute about artificial Christmas trees, as well as a software company's bid to revive a nine-figure trade secrets and contract verdict against Ford that was slashed to a nominal $3.
March 13, 2024
Versata Software has urged the Federal Circuit to undo a Michigan federal judge's decision erasing a nearly $105 million trade secrets and breach of contract verdict it won against Ford, and argued that it was wrongly barred from presenting damages theories seeking up to $1.3 billion.