trade secrets

Motorola's sale of its network-equipment division to Nokia Siemens Networks seems to have hit another hiccup. Chinese telecom-equipment maker Huawei has won a preliminary U.S. court injunction against Motorola, a Huawei vendor, arguing that the deal would transfer confidential information to a competitor.

Hilton's ego may have taken a bruising blow from its settlement with Starwood, but its finances likely won't, analysts say. As part of the deal, Hilton has agreed to take itself out of the boutique-hotel-style market to settle allegations that it stole trade secrets from Starwood.

A former Goldman Sachs computer programmer has been convicted of stealing trade secrets and property in an effort to help a Chicago-based startup develop its own high-frequency securities trading operations.

The nooks and crannies of Thomas's English Muffins are so special only seven people know all three of the trade secrets involved in making them. And for now, one of those seven, Chris Botticella, has been told by the courts that he can't go work for rival Hostess.