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Intellectual Property

Aug. 26, 2024

Judge asks if plaintiff had code at center of trade secret dispute

Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman said he was troubled by the uncontested fact that the trade secret at issue was allegedly held by a third party.

A San Francisco judge on Friday tentatively dropped a trade secret misappropriation claim from a fitness technology company's $280 million lawsuit against the parent company of fitness equipment brand LifeFitness. He questioned whether the plaintiff ever owned the piece of advertising code it claims was stolen.

The dispute stems from a joint venture agreement -- to install consoles on LifeFitness cardio equipment -- made between its owner, Brunswick Corp., and fitness software ...

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