Japan IP Court rejects trade secret appeal over alleged cloud access
By Toko Sekiguchi ( July 31, 2026, 06:35 GMT | Insight) -- Japan's IP High Court upheld the dismissal of a trade secret lawsuit brought by a recruitment company, finding the company failed to prove that a former employee improperly obtained confidential information through its cloud system or that the information was used by a competing business.Japan's Intellectual Property High Court upheld the dismissal of a trade secret lawsuit brought by a recruitment company, finding the company failed to prove that a former employee improperly obtained confidential information through its cloud system or that the information was used by a competing business....
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