December 03, 2024
A Connecticut roller bearing company has settled its lawsuits accusing military supplier RTX and a competitor of misusing trade secrets related to the design of a U.S. military bomb, after earlier delays in reaching an agreement.
October 11, 2024
A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday chided RTX for slow-walking the finalization of a settlement the defense contractor struck with a Connecticut company just before trial in a trade secrets dispute.
August 26, 2024
Defense contractor RTX Corp. on Monday settled claims that it passed a Connecticut roller bearing manufacturer's sensitive design drawings to a competitor, averting a trial set to begin this week.
August 23, 2024
Defense contractor RTX Corp. won't be able to bar non-U.S. citizens from a trade secrets trial slated to get underway Tuesday, but exhibits, such as diagrams, will not be made visible to observers in the courtroom, a Massachusetts federal judge ordered.
August 21, 2024
Defense contractor RTX is fighting with a manufacturer over whether a trade secrets trial next week over the design of a mechanical bearing used in the U.S. military's "StormBreaker" bomb should be closed off to all "non-U.S. persons."
November 15, 2023
An April 16 trial date is set in a trade secrets suit alleging RTX Corp. disclosed a Connecticut company's proprietary bearing design, a Massachusetts federal judge said Wednesday, two weeks after rejecting a bid by the defense contractor to end the case.
November 03, 2023
A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday rejected RTX's bid to end a lawsuit accusing it of failing to protect a manufacturer's proprietary bearing design, after RTX argued that company had no protectable trade secret and had shared its design "without restriction."
July 27, 2023
A Boston federal judge on Thursday pressed an aerospace supplier on its claim that Raytheon Technologies Corp. stole its trade secrets for a component in a military project, asking if McDonald's could argue misappropriation by a partner that was offered the five-ingredient "secret sauce" but ended up only using mayonnaise.
September 13, 2022
Raytheon Technologies Corp. asked a Massachusetts federal judge on Monday to rule in its favor in a lawsuit that claimed it unlawfully used and shared another manufacturer's rod end bearing design because the design was shared with Raytheon "without restriction" and is full of features that are common knowledge rather than trade secrets.
May 11, 2020
A Connecticut-based manufacturer accused Raytheon of unlawfully claiming ownership of its rod bearing design and passing on its design drawings to a competitor, according to a lawsuit filed in Massachusetts federal court.