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• February 06, 2026

  Jury Awards $8.4M In Oilfield Trade Secrets Theft Case

  A Texas federal jury has handed an oilfield services company $8.4 million in damages after finding a rival had willfully pilfered trade secrets related to nitrogen rejection unit technology when an employee left to start the rival firm.

• February 06, 2026

  NH Supreme Court Upholds $23 Million Nokia Oral Deal

  The New Hampshire Supreme Court has affirmed a $23 million award a federal jury granted to Collision Communications against Nokia, representing the amount allegedly agreed upon in an over-the-phone deal made for patent licenses in 2017.

• February 06, 2026

  Rupp Marine Didn't Infringe Fishing Line Patents, Judge Rules

  A Florida federal judge has ruled that marine supply store Rupp Marine Inc. did not infringe patents owned by Gem Products LLC for line management systems for fishing boats with outriggers.

• February 06, 2026

  Fed. Circ. Backs Target's Alice Win Over Product Location IP

  The Federal Circuit on Friday refused to revive claims in a series of patents covering ways of finding products within a store, backing a lower court's finding that Target was able to show the claims were invalid under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice standard.

• February 06, 2026

  Insulet Gets $14.9M Fee Award For Trade Secret Trial Win

  A Massachusetts federal judge awarded Insulet Corp.'s attorneys almost $15 million for their $452 million jury trial victory in a trade secrets dispute that was later reduced to $59.4 million, but the fees Goodwin Procter LLP netted were significantly less than the nearly $25 million it requested.

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