856 F. Supp. 2d 280 - Beane v. Beane’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
5 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1125 (§ 43 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 28 U.S.C. § 1367 · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (§ 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 35 U.S.C. § 262
Relies on Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon · New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers Insurance · McCarthy v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. · Higgins v. New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. · Altman v. Aronson
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) [d]erives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(b) [i]s the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.