Judge Won’t Give Software Developer Another Chance To Identify Trade Secrets

Mealey's ( June 3, 2020, 2:57 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Opining that although a software developer has been given numerous opportunities to sufficiently identify trade secrets a former business partner is alleged to have misappropriated when it developed its own rebate portal processing system using the developer’s trade secrets, a federal judge in Illinois on May 31 held that the developer has failed to do so (NEXT Payment Solutions Inc. v. CLEAResult Consulting Inc., No. 17-8829, N.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 94764)....