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Jan 24, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Baldassare Vinti |Elizabeth Shrieves
After getting the green light to proceed to a trial in March of2025, Tesla and Rivian have reportedly reached an agreement tosettle their trade secret dispute out of court. Tesla and Rivianofficially filed for dismissals in mid-December and the Courtsubsequently close the case. This will mark the end of one of thehighest-stakes EV battery trade secret battles between two majorcompetitors in the industry.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Shrieves |Baldassare Vinti
After getting the green light to proceed to a trial in March of 2025, Tesla and Rivian have reportedly reached an agreement to settle their trade secret dispute out of court. Tesla and Rivian officially filed for dismissals in mid-December and the Court subsequently close the case. This will mark the end of one of the highest-stakes EV battery trade secret battles between two major competitors in the industry.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
openlegalblogarchive.org | Baldassare Vinti |Elizabeth Shrieves
After getting the green light to proceed to a trial in March of 2025, Tesla and Rivian have reportedly reached an agreement to settle their trade secret dispute out of court. Tesla and Rivian officially filed for dismissals in mid-December and the Court subsequently close the case. This will mark the end of one of the highest-stakes EV battery trade secret battles between two major competitors in the industry.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Joseph Drayton |Elizabeth Shrieves |Connor Villar
Amongst the many decisions an attorney makes throughout litigation, there is one choice that can shape the outcome of a case way before filing a motion, setting discovery and trial strategy, or even calling a witness: venue, where the case will be adjudicated. The governing statute limits patent venue to (i) the judicial district in which the defendant resides; or (ii) where the defendant has “committed acts of infringement and has a regular and established place of business.”28 U.S.C. § 1400(b).
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Joseph Drayton |Connor Villar |Elizabeth Shrieves
Amongst the many decisions an attorney makes throughout
litigation, there is one choice that can shape the outcome of a
case way before filing a motion, setting discovery and trial
strategy, or even calling a witness: venue, where the case will be
adjudicated. The governing statute limits patent venue to (i) the
judicial district in which the defendant resides; or (ii) where the
defendant has "committed acts of infringement and has a
regular and established place of business." 28
U.S.C. §1400(b).
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Shrieves |Baldassare Vinti
Continuing our series on electric vehicle (EV) trade secret litigations, a federal judge has overturned a jury’s verdict awarding $71 million to Zunum Aero, Inc. for The Boeing Company’s violation of the Washington Trade Secrets Act. Despite the jury’s multi-million-dollar verdict, the judge granted judgment as a matter of law for Boeing finding that plaintiff Zunum failed to sufficiently identify its alleged trade secrets at trial.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Elizabeth Shrieves
Continuing our series on electric vehicle (EV) trade secret litigations, a federal judge has overturned a jury’s verdict awarding $71 million to Zunum Aero, Inc. for The Boeing Company’s violation of the Washington Trade Secrets Act. Despite the jury’s multi-million-dollar verdict, the judge granted judgment as a matter of law for Boeing finding that plaintiff Zunum failed to sufficiently identify its alleged trade secrets at trial.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Elizabeth Shrieves |Baldassare Vinti
Continuing our series on electric vehicle (EV) trade secret litigations, a federal judge has overturned a jury’s verdict awarding $71 million to Zunum Aero, Inc. for The Boeing Company’s violation of the Washington Trade Secrets Act. Despite the jury’s multi-million-dollar verdict, the judge granted judgment as a matter of law for Boeing finding that plaintiff Zunum failed to sufficiently identify its alleged trade secrets at trial.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Shrieves |Baldassare Vinti
Continuing our series on electric vehicle (EV) trade secret litigation, see here and here, a California judge has tentatively given Tesla the green light to proceed with a trial against rival Rivian in March of 2025. This will pit two major players in the EV industry head-to-head in a high-stakes legal battle over proprietary EV battery and manufacturing technology. Tesla filed its lawsuit against Rivian, Tesla’s competitor in the EV industry, back in July of 2020.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | McKenzie Ahmet |Baldassare Vinti |Elizabeth Shrieves |Tori Guidry
Hey, TCPAWorld!Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kayla–one of the newest additions to the powerhouse team here at Troutman Amin, LLP. You’ll definitely get used to hearing from me. Sorry not sorry. Anyway… you should definitely hear about this new case out of the Middle District of Florida. It provides important insight into the climate for TCPA cases here in the sunny state. Spoiler alert: the temperature is HOT for TCPA defendants. Let’s get into it. In Cacho v.
