Motorola, Inc. v. Lemko Corporation

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Termination of authorised access when an employee acts with the intention to defraud the employer

Motorola, Inc. v. Lemko Corporation 609 F.Supp.2d 760 In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Case Number 08 C 5427 Before District Judge M.F. Kennelly Decided on February 11, 2009 Relevancy of the Case: Termination … Read More

Register.com, Inc. v. Verio, Inc.

Raj PagariyaCase Summary

Injunction order for using an automated program to retrieve information from a domain registrar's WHOIS database for marketing purposes

Register.com, Inc. v. Verio, Inc. 126 F.Supp.2d 238 In the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Case Number 00 CIV 5747 (BSJ) Before District Judge Jones Decided on December 08, 2000 Relevancy of the Case: … Read More

Hewlett-Packard Company v. BYD:SIGN, Inc.

Linet Christina ThomasCase Summary

Determination of the court's jurisdiction in a case involving former employees misappropriating trade secrets

Hewlett-Packard Company v. BYD:SIGN, Inc. In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Cause Number 6:05-CV-456 Before District Judge Michael Schneider Decided on September 28, 2006 Relevancy of the Case: Determination of the court’s jurisdiction in a … Read More

Modis, Inc. v. Bardelli

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Proving jurisdictional loss for claiming damages under CFAA

Modis, Inc. v. Trisha Bardelli and Edge Technology Services, Inc. 531 F.Supp.2d 314 In the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut Case Number 3:07cv1638 (WWE) Before Senior District Judge W.W. Eginton Decided on January 22, 2008 Relevancy … Read More

Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Speed

Raj PagariyaCase Summary

Can it be a violation of authorised access under CFAA when employees intentionally share their employer's trade secrets with their competitor?

Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Speed 2006 WL 2683058 In the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Case Number 6:05-cv-1580-Orl-31KRS Before District Judge Gregory Presnell Decided on August 1, 2006 Relevancy of the case: Can it be … Read More

B & B Microscopes v. Armogida

Raj PagariyaCase Summary

Deleting data after the termination of employment but before returning the laptop amounts to unauthorised damage to a computer under CFAA

B & B Microscopes v. Luigi Armogida 532 F.Supp.2d 744 In the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Civil Action 06-492 Before Chief District Judge Ambrose Decided on September 25, 2007 Relevancy of the Case: Deleting … Read More