Liion, LLC. v. Vertiv Group Corporation et al

  1. October 27, 2021

    Lack Of Evidence Lets Vertiv Escape $100M Trade Secrets Suit

    A federal judge in Chicago has thrown out an energy solutions company's $100 million trade secret lawsuit against partner-turned-rival Vertiv after finding there wasn't enough evidence supporting its misappropriation claims, but kept alive Vertiv's allegations that the energy company had breached the terms of their failed business deal.

  2. May 08, 2020

    Battery Co. Hit With Discovery Sanctions In $100M IP Fight

    An Illinois federal judge on Friday imposed sanctions on stored energy solutions company LiiON LLC for discovery violations and other issues in a $100 million trade secrets fight against former business partner Vertiv Group Corp.

  3. February 28, 2020

    Battery Co. Facing Possible Sanctions In $100M IP Fight

    An Illinois federal judge recommended Friday that stored energy solutions company LiiON LLC face sanctions for discovery violations and other missteps in a $100 million trade secrets case against its former business partner Vertiv Group Corp.

  4. February 14, 2020

    Battery Co.'s Sanctions Bid In $100M IP Fight Is 'Absurd'

    Digital infrastructure company Vertiv Group Corp., the former business partner of LiiON LLC, came to "absurd conclusions" about discovery-related issues as part of a $100 million trade secrets case, the stored energy solutions company is arguing as it pushes back against its rival's sanctions bid.

  5. November 15, 2019

    Battery Co. Fights Sanctions Bid In $100M Trade Secret Case

    A company that helps computer centers maintain uninterrupted power has said it shouldn't face sanctions or the dismissal of its trade secrets case against a former business partner because any discovery-related issues were at worst due to disorganization and were not "extraordinary in volume and breadth."

  6. November 01, 2019

    Battery Co., Rival Lob Dueling Sanction Bids In $100M IP Fight

    A $100 million legal battle over trade secrets between a company that helps computer centers stay online with uninterrupted power and its former business partner heated up in Illinois federal court Thursday, with the parties filing back-to-back dueling sanctions bids that accuse the other side of stonewalling discovery efforts.

  7. April 10, 2019

    Energy Co. Can't Ditch Counterclaims In $100M IP Row

    Energy solutions company LiiON can't dodge a data company's accusations in a $100 million trade secrets fight that LiiON sabotaged its collaborator-turned-rival's business relationships by refusing to deliver lithium-ion battery cabinets to customers as agreed, an Illinois federal judge ruled Tuesday.

  8. March 20, 2019

    'Contradictory' Claims Can't Stand In $100M IP Dispute: Judge

    An Illinois federal judge found some of the allegations in a $100 million trade secrets fight lacking Wednesday, saying a company that helps data centers retain uninterrupted power during outages offers "contradictory and confusing" claims about a private equity-backed rival's purported misappropriation.

  9. February 07, 2019

    Battery Co. Says Counterclaims In $100M IP Suit Lack Juice

    A company that provides uninterrupted power systems to data centers asked an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to trim counterclaims lodged by private equity-backed Vertiv Group Corp. in a $100 million trade secrets fight, arguing that Vertiv's allegations don't offer any details about supposedly victimized customers.

  10. November 14, 2018

    Emerson Says It Doesn't Belong In Ex-Unit's $100M IP Row

    Emerson Electric Co. asked an Illinois federal judge Tuesday to let it out of a $100 million lawsuit claiming its former subsidiary misappropriated trade secrets that caused a rival's declined lithium-ion battery sales, saying its status as a former parent company makes liability a "factual impossibility."