564 F. Supp. 1471 - Videotronics, Inc. v. Bend Electronics’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 101 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1441
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson · Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co. · International News Service v. Associated Press · Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp.
Most-quoted passages
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“Other factors in determining whether a trade secret exists are: (1) The degree of secrecy both within and without the plaintiff’s business; (2) the efforts by plaintiff to develop the process and to preserve its secrecy; (3) the value of the process to the plaintiff and its competitors; and (4) the difficulty with which the process could be duplicated by others.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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