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In an ongoing battle between rival dating apps, Tinder is suing Bumble for patent infringement, trademark infringement and theft of trade secrets. In a complaint filed on March 16, 2018, Match Group, LLC – parent company of Tinder, Match, OkCupid and more – claims that Bumble is a Tinder clone, built using stolen technology. The … Continue reading
Real estate giant CBRE has filed a massive theft of trade secrets lawsuit against former longtime broker Richard Rizika. In its complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, CBRE details a shocking, intentional, pre-meditated conspiracy to steal nearly 500,000 company documents and files. Whether or not the documents … Continue reading
A fascinating, salacious trade secrets case out of the Western District of Missouri and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals: Hallmark Cards, Inc. hired Monitor Company Group, L.P. to provide research related to the greeting cards market. Monitor then took the research it had prepared for Hallmark and gave it to a related private equity … Continue reading
A recent case out of Minnesota raises a number of non-compete and trade secret issues. Let’s take a look: In 2005, Robert Wilcox was hired as the general manager of ground handling services at Minneapolis St. Paul Airport (“MSP”) for a company called Integrated Airline Services Alliance. In 2006, Menzies Aviation purchased Integrated. Menzies bills … Continue reading
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