Coda Development s.r.o. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., No. 23-1880 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 8, 2025)

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Coda Development, Coda Innovations, and inventor Frantisek Hrabal appealed from the Northern District of Ohio's decision (Lioi, J.) holding that Goodyear and its engineer Robert Benedict were entitled to judgment as a matter of law on Coda's claims arising out of the parties' self-inflating tire discussions, including trade secret misappropriation and correction of inventorship of Goodyear's U.S. Patent No. 8,042,586. The Federal Circuit considered Coda's arguments, found them unpersuasive, and affirmed the district court's judgment for Goodyear.