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Coda Development v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber, No. 18-1028 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 22, 2019)

Vacated & Remanded
Motion to Dismiss Trade Secrets Inventorship
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 18-1028
Decided
February 22, 2019
Judge
Prost, C.J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
20 pages

From the Opinion

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Plaintiffs-appellants CODA Development s.r.o., CODA Innovations s.r.o. (together, “Coda”), and Frantisek Hrabal (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed a complaint against defend- ants-appellees The Goodyea r Tire & Rubber Company (“Goodyear”), Robert Benedict, and Robert Losey (collec- tively, “Defendants”) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The complaint sought correction of inventorship in several Goodyear patents and alleged , among other things, that Goodyear misappropriated Coda’s trade secrets.

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