Trade secret experts divided after US Federal Circuit erases Insulet win
By Steve Scherer and Nick Robertson ( June 1, 2026, 16:15 GMT | Comment) -- A precedential decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit holding that Insulet's trade-secret claims were time-barred has sparked debate among practitioners about when the Defend Trade Secrets Act's statute of limitations begins to run. The split panel's ruling could influence how quickly companies file trade-secret lawsuits when they suspect misappropriation.A divided US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision to erase a $59 million trade secret judgment and global injunction won by US medical device maker Insulet Corp. against South Korean rival EOFlow has drawn differing reactions from trade secret practitioners, with one expert warning the ruling may encourage premature lawsuits and another saying it correctly applied the statute of limitations....
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