Applied Predictive Technologies, Inc. v. MarketDial, Inc., No. 2024-1751; nonprecedential; January 28, 2026

Key points:

• High-level descriptions, broad “compilations,” and large volumes of uncited or unexplained exhibits are not enough to survive summary judgment on trade secret claims.
• A plaintiff must clearly define what the trade secret is and show it derives independent economic value from the trade secret not being generally known or readily ascertainable.
• A company cannot enforce an employee’s confidentiality agreement as a third party unless the contract clearly expresses an intent to confer a distinct benefit on that company.

Sound View Innovations, LLC v. Hulu, LLC, No. 2024-1092; precedential; U.S. Patent No. 6,708,213; January 29, 2026

Key point:

• Even without explicit ordering language, method claims can require a specific sequence when later steps logically or grammatically depend on earlier ones, and an accused method does not infringe if the accused method fails to follow that specific sequence.