Federal Circuit: Alleged Implant Trade Secrets Disclosed By Prior Art Patents

( April 22, 2026, 12:57 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In two opinions, a Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found that the evidence did not support a California federal jury’s determination that defendant medical entities in a sprawling dispute over a cosmetic penile implant device had misappropriated trade secrets; the panel found that all alleged trade secrets had been publicly disclosed in prior art patents....