Opinion ID: 18054
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Issue in the Delaware Action

Text: The issue in the First Federal Action—litigated vigorously by DSC, decided by the district court, and affirmed by this court—is the same as the issue that DSC seeks to litigate in Delaware court, namely, DSC’s entitlement to additional relief beyond the damages it recovered in the First Federal Action for any transfer of DSC’s trade secrets occurring after the judgment in the First Federal Action. In its Delaware complaint, DSC contends that it is entitled to recover damages for the transfer of DSC’s trade secrets by General Instrument II to Next Level II. The district court concluded, and this court found no error in the conclusion, that the judgment in the First Federal Action fully compensated DSC and that DSC was not entitled to relief beyond that afforded by the judgment for the future transfer of its trade secrets.