Legal Opinion
Learning Curve Toys, Inc. v. Playwood Toys, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 2003No. 02-1916PublishedCited by 182 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
PlayWood Toys, Inc. (“PlayWood”) obtained a jury verdict against Learning Curve Toys, Inc. and its representatives, Roy Wilson, Harry Abraham and John Lee (collectively, “Learning Curve”), for misappropriation of a trade secret in a realistic looking and sounding toy railroad track under the Illinois Trade Secrets Act, 765 ILCS 1065/1 et seq. The jury awarded PlayWood a royalty of “8% for a license that would have been negotiated [absent the misappropriation] to last for the lifetime of the product.” R.194. Although there was substantial evidence of misappropriation…
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