Data General Corp. v. Grumman Systems Support Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that inadvertent failures to list preexisting works or coauthors are encompassed by the rule excusing immaterial mistakes
• noting that apportionment of profits requires courts to balance various equitable factors, in a “delicate exercise informed by considerations of fairness and public policy”
• stating that plaintiff must prove that defendant used improper means to “acquire and use” the information
• stating that the case did not require the court to determine whether Massachusetts law recognized an unclean hands defense to a trade secrets misappropriation claim
• noting that section 271 “may even herald the prohibition of all antitrust claims and counterclaims premised on a refusal to license a patent.”
• stating that inadvertent failure to list coauthors is encompassed by the rule excusing immaterial mistakes

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