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Versata Software, LLC v. Ford Motor Company, No. 24-1140 (Fed. Cir. May 22, 2026)

Affirmed in Part
Trade Secrets Damages JMOL / Post-Trial
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 24-1140
Also Docketed
No. 24-1206, No. 24-1234 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
May 22, 2026
Judge
Hughes, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
18 pages

From the Opinion

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Versata Software, LLC fka Trilogy Software, Inc.; Ver- sata Development Group, Inc. ; and Trilogy, LLC appeal a decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on damages for trade secret misappro- priation and breach of contract. For the reasons below, we vacate the district court’s judgment on trade secret dam- ages and remand for a new trial with instructions for the district court to consider two damages models it previously rejected.

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