Tag: Public Disclosure
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International Medical Devices v. Cornell: Federal Circuit Narrows Trade Secret Protection for Publicly Disclosed Concepts
The Federal Circuit’s decision in International Medical Devices, Inc. v. Cornell, Case No. 25-1580 -1605 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 17, 2026), provides an important reminder that trade secret law cannot be used to reclaim ideas already placed into the public domain through patents. The dispute arose out of the highly specialized and somewhat unusual market for…