Eagle Comtronics, Inc. v. Pico, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding no trade secret when “any secrecy in the design of the trap was lost when it was placed upon the market”
• finding no trade secret when “any secrecy in the design of the trap was lost when it was placed upon the market”
• finding no trade secret where “any secrecy in the design of the [product] was lost when it was placed upon the market”
• price discount, product use, and preference information constituted trade secrets under New York law
• trap and filter device used in the cable television industry is not a trade secret because, inter alia, any secrecy in its design “was lost when it was placed upon the market”
• trap and filter device used in the cable television industry is not a trade secret because, inter alia, any secrecy in its design “was lost when it was placed upon the market”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ashland Management Inc. v. Janien
  New York Court of Appeals· 1993-11-22· cited 338×
• Norton J. Lehman v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1986-01-30· cited 126×
• Baker's Aid, a Division of M. Raubvogel Co., Inc. v. Hussmann Foodservice Company and Hussmann Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1987-10-01· cited 73×
• Hudson Hotels Corporation v. Choice Hotels International, and Robert Hazard
  Second Circuit· 1993-06-11· cited 70×
• Softel, Inc. v. Dragon Medical And Scientific Communications, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1997-07-09· cited 65×
• Ivy Mar Co., Inc. v. CR Seasons Ltd.
  E.D. New York· 1995-10-02· cited 50×
• LinkCo, Inc. v. Fujitsu Ltd.
  S.D. New York· 2002-10-29· cited 48×
• John B. Wilson, D/B/A Pelican Trolling Speedometer v. Electro Marine Systems, Incorporated
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-10-18· cited 38×
• Ecolab Inc. v. Paolo
  E.D. New York· 1991-01-03· cited 36×
• Hancock v. Essential Resources, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1992-04-28· cited 34×
• EarthWeb, Inc. v. Schlack
  S.D. New York· 1999-10-27· cited 33×
• Reed Construction Data Inc. v. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2014-09-24· cited 28×
• Ashland Management Inc. v. Altair Investments
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2008-12-23· cited 27×
• Delta Filter Corp. v. Morin
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1985-02-14· cited 27×
• Licata & Co. Inc. v. Goldberg
  S.D. New York· 1993-02-01· cited 24×
• Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Bryan
  E.D. New York· 1992-01-29· cited 22×
• Frink America, Inc. v. Champion Road MacHinery Ltd.
  N.D. New York· 1999-05-11· cited 22×
• Monovis, Inc. v. Aquino
  W.D. New York· 1994-03-21· cited 18×
• McGrane v. Reader's Digest Ass'n, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1993-05-27· cited 18×
• Softel, Inc. v. Dragon Medical & Scientific Communications, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1997-07-09· cited 14×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Reed, Roberts Associates, Inc. v. Strauman
  New York Court of Appeals· 1976-07-13· cited 248×
• Karpinski v. Ingrasci
  New York Court of Appeals· 1971-02-25· cited 113×
• American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Wolf
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-04-02· cited 111×
• Cornell v. T. V. Development Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1966-02-24· cited 93×
• Sybron Corp. v. Wetzel
  New York Court of Appeals· 1978-12-07· cited 88×
• Mohawk Maintenance Co. v. Kessler
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-02-19· cited 88×
• City of Syracuse v. Cooney
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1925-11-25· cited 1×