Iconics, Inc. v. Massaro

How courts have described this case

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

• “[P]recise identification of the alleged trade secrets is a crucial component of trade secret litigation.”
• “If a misappropriator uses a trade secret even to some small benefit, but fails to implement it in a way that maximizes its value, it has still misappropriated the secret.”
• “[A]s the name suggests, a trade secret must be a secret; ‘[m]atters of public knowledge or of general knowledge in an industry cannot be appropriated by one as his secret.’ (quoting J.T. Healy & Son, Inc., 357 Mass. at 736)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Data General Corp. v. Grumman Systems Support Corp.
  First Circuit· 1994-09-15· cited 321×
• J. T. Healy & Son, Inc. v. James A. Murphy & Son, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-06-19· cited 108×
• Incase Incorporated v. Timex Corporation
  First Circuit· 2007-05-24· cited 86×
• American Airlines, Inc. v. Klm Royal Dutch Airlines, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1997-05-16· cited 46×
• Atlantic Wool Combing Company v. Norfolk Mills, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1966-02-23· cited 31×
• Data General Corp. v. Grumman Systems Support Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 1993-05-11· cited 31×
• TouchPoint Solutions, Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 2004-10-13· cited 31×
• Atlantic Research Marketing Systems, Inc. v. Troy
  Federal Circuit· 2011-10-06· cited 30×
• Diomed, Inc. v. Vascular Solutions, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2006-01-31· cited 16×
• Iconics, Inc. v. Massaro
  D. Massachusetts· 2016-06-27· cited 10×
• Protégé Software Services, Inc. v. Colameta
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2012-07-16· cited 2×