October 11, 2022
A pharmacy benefit solutions company did not take "reasonable measures" to protect its data, a California federal judge has found, tossing a chunk of the company's lawsuit against health care researcher IQVIA, but leaving its Swiss subsidiary to face allegations of misappropriated trade secrets.
June 09, 2022
A federal judge in Los Angeles is scheduled next week to hold a hearing on whether the Ford Mustang featured in the movie “Gone in 60 Seconds” starring actor Nicolas Cage is a copyright-protected character like the Batmobile. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
May 18, 2022
A California federal judge told lawyers for the largest private provider of pharmacy benefits managers in the U.S. on Wednesday that they could not stop the data giant IQVIA from asserting that allegations IQVIA faces in a trade secrets dispute are inconsistent with those leveled at it in an earlier international arbitration proceeding over the dispute in Dubai.
March 11, 2022
A California federal judge gave a partial win Thursday to MedImpact in its trade secret suit against data giant IQVIA, finding that an international arbitration ruling already determined an IQVIA unit misappropriated MedImpact's trade secrets in the course of developing an insurance management system.
March 25, 2020
A California federal judge has tossed MedImpact's lawsuit claiming life sciences data giant IQVIA acquired the pharmacy benefit management company's former joint venture partner only to steal MedImpact's trade secrets, saying the court lacked authority because the alleged theft happened in Ghana and Saudi Arabia.