February 08, 2024
A medical equipment supplier that nabbed treble damages against Philips Medical Systems after a split verdict in a wide-ranging copyright and unfair competition case is now asking for at least six figures in interest, despite a judge previously denying a similar request by Philips.
October 18, 2023
A North Carolina federal judge agreed to triple nearly $850,000 in damages awarded to defendant Transtate Equipment Co. against plaintiff Philips Medical System for unfair trade practices stemming from a trade secrets dispute, and ordered Philips to pay a total damages award exceeding $2.5 million.
June 09, 2023
In a case that yielded a split verdict, Transtate Equipment Co. has doubled down on a request to treble its nearly $850,000 damage award against Philips Medical Systems for unfair trade practices, telling a North Carolina federal judge its rival is trying to ignore the jury's decision and needlessly complicate the issue.
June 01, 2023
Philips Medical Systems has fired back at rival Transtate Equipment Co.'s request to triple its six-figure trial award for unfair competition, telling a North Carolina federal judge its refusal to share trade secrets doesn't amount to deceptive business practices under state law.
May 23, 2023
After a North Carolina federal jury awarded Philips Medical Systems more than $4 million for copyright violations by rival Transtate Equipment Company last month, TEC is now moving to triple its separate six-figure trial award related to an unfair competition counterclaim.
April 28, 2023
A North Carolina federal jury on Friday said independent service organization Transtate Equipment Company didn't misappropriate any of Philips Medical Systems' trade secrets for X-rays and other imaging, but that it should pay up to $4.2 million for Digital Millennium Copyright Act violations.