January 11, 2024
Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc. has cut a deal to resolve litigation with its rival and a former employee, ending a contentious trade secret theft suit over eye diagnostics software roughly one month before a trial was scheduled to begin, according to documents filed in California federal court Wednesday.
September 22, 2023
A California federal judge has agreed to partially trim Carl Zeiss Meditec's trade secrets lawsuit against a rival over eye diagnostics software but left for another day the issue of whether a former employee breached his employment contract.
March 10, 2023
A California federal judge told Carl Zeiss Meditec's counsel Friday that it hasn't clearly identified trade secrets in its suit against a rival over eye diagnostics software, telling the Allen & Overy LLP attorney "it's not my job" to identify trade secrets and "it's not funny — it's a huge waste of time."
March 02, 2023
The Federal Circuit will consider for the first time whether the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board was wrong to wipe out a trademark because a lawyer signed a declaration about the mark without reading it. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
November 04, 2021
Google is set to go before a Texas federal jury in U.S. District Judge Alan Albright's courtroom in Waco next week, fighting claims that its unit YouTube infringed a company's video streaming patent. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
March 23, 2021
A California federal judge unsealed an order Tuesday that barred Topcon Corp. entities from launching an eye diagnostics software called Glaucoma Module, after finding that Carl Zeiss Meditec will likely win its claims that Topcon's software was created with CZMI trade secrets found in an allegedly stolen external hard drive.