Texas Court of Appeals Dismisses Trade Secret Case Against Defendant for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction | Seyfarth Shaw

Establishing jurisdiction over a defendant is critical in every lawsuit. Trade secret cases are certainly no different. A recent appellate decision from Texas underscored this important point by dismissing a plaintiff’s claim against a defendant – who did not even deny that he received misappropriated trade secrets – for lack of jurisdiction.
The case is joe Formicola v. Virtual Integrated Analytics Solutions, LLC14th Court of Appeals, Texas, Case No. 14-22-00412-CV (the state court case is Virtual Integrated Analytics Solutions LLC vs. Optimal Designs Incorporated et al., Case No. 202215877, in the 189th District Court of Harris County,


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