Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice Advance Access originally published online on May 29, 2008
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2008 3(7):440-441; doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpn094
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Trade secret misappropriation, possession of confidential information, and preliminary injunctions
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington DC
Silicon Image, Inc. v Analogix Semiconductor, Inc., No. C-07-00635 JCS, 2008 WL 166950 (N.D. Cal.) 17 January 2008
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California, ruling against Silicon Image, Inc., denied a preliminary injunction which sought to preclude Analogix from producing, selling, or offering for sale certain of its semiconductor chips that, Silicon Image alleged, were illegal copies of its own chips. Although there was strong evidence of copying by Analogix, Silicon Image's receipt of competitors' confidential information from its customers belied Silicon Image's claim of reasonable reliance on its own non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to protect its confidential information.
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