By Melissa Ritti ( October 22, 2026, 14:06 GMT | Comment) -- Massachusetts’ highest court has rejected a presumption of irreparable harm when weighing preliminary injunction requests in trade secret cases, requiring plaintiffs there to first establish that monetary damages, alone, are inadequate. Its unanimous reliance on the reasoning of eBay v. MercExchange shows the durability of the 2006 US Supreme Court decision, even as lawmakers seek to unwind its effect in patent law.Daikin Applied Americas Inc. was correctly denied a preliminary injunction barring two former employees from soliciting Daikin customers at their new, competing business, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled....
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