Legal Opinion
Heraeus Med. GMBH v. Esschem, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 25, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 14–5169PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rufe, District Judge.
Plaintiff Heraeus Medical GmbH, a German company specializing in the production of bone cements, alleges that Defendant Esschem, Inc. worked in concert with Respondent Biomet, Inc. in misappropriating Heraeus' trade secrets to produce competing bone cements for Biomet. Heraeus learned of Biomet's alleged misappropriation in August of 2005, when the competing bone cements were launched into the marketplace. By 2009 at the latest, Heraeus possessed evidence revealing that Esschem was allegedly assisting Biomet in misappropriating Heraeus' trade secrets by supplying critical…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Heraeus Kulzer, GmbH v. Biomet, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
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