Vital for Expert to Know Date of Stolen Trade Secrets

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 17 No. 8
Legal and Court Case Update
August 2011
6199 Finance Services
525990 Other Financial Vehicles
intellectual property
trade secret, daubert, economic damages & lost profits, georgia-pacific, reasonable royalty

De Lage Landen Operational Services, LLC v. Third Pillar Systems
2011 WL 1771044 (E.D. Pa.)
May 9, 2011
US
Federal Court
Pennsylvania
United States District Court
Barry Sussman
Bartle

Summary

Court strikes expert evidence under Daubert in trade secrets case, because expert failed to pinpoint date on which misappropriation began—a “vital” requirement when applying the Georgia-Pacific framework.

See Also

De Lage Landen Operational Services, LLC v. Third Pillar Systems

Court strikes expert evidence under Daubert in trade secrets case, because expert failed to pinpoint date on which misappropriation began—a “vital” requirement when applying the Georgia-Pacific framework.