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United States, Intellectual Property, US International Trade Commission Issues Exclusion Order in Trade Secret Case Involving Cast Steel Railway Wheels

By Gary M. Hnath On February 16, 2010, the US International Trade Commission in Washington, DC issued a Section 337 exclusion order in Cast Steel Railway Wheels, Processes for Manufacturing or Relating to Same and Certain Products Containing Same, Investigation No. 337-TA-655. While Section 337 is used most often in patent cases, and has not been widely used in trade secret cases in recent years, the Cast Steel Railway Wheels decision demonstrates that the statute provides powerful remedies in trade secret matters and should be considered as an option in any case involving misappropriation of trade secrets. To continue reading this interesting article from mondaq, please click here.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on February 24, 2010 (boomark / email).