Stricter Prima Facie Case for Showing Use of Trade Secrets

From Mondaq (free registration required) and Irene Kushner, a lawyer at McDermott Will Emery, a discussion of the recent Sixth Circuit decision in Stratienko v. Cordis Corp., and the requirment that more than access and similarity must be shown to establish that a defendant used trade secrets.

In the case, plaintiff claimed unsuccesfully that defendant's device used his trade secrets.