Federal Circuit: Depuy Synthes Products v. Veterinary Orthopedic

 

Sufficient jurisdiction under collateral order doctrine to review an unsealing of confidential supplier lists, as post-judgment review would be after the disclosure, and the question is important and distinct from the merits analysis, not merely a routine discovery matter.

No clear error in the unsealing of the claimed trade secret supplier lists, since, following the relevant state law on trade secrets, the party and the supplier do not have a relationship of confidence, and, additionally, the name of the supplier isn't actually a secret.

Depuy Synthes Products v. Veterinary Orthopedic