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.
April 17, 2026
In a unanimous precedential decision, the Federal Circuit on Friday largely reversed a California jury's $18.3 million trade secret verdict over a penile implant, holding that the asserted secrets were already publicly disclosed or generally known and therefore not protectable.
March 05, 2026
A Federal Circuit panel on Thursday grilled both sides in a trade secret dispute over penile implants that resulted in an $18.3 million judgment against defendants, repeatedly questioning attorneys about whether existing patents doomed the trade secrets claimed by International Medical Devices and its founder, Dr. James Elist.