Coda v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber (Fed. Cir., December 8, 2025) 2023-1880

This episode is about an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding the appeal in the case of Coda Development S.R.O. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, which revolves around claims of trade secret misappropriation and a denial for the correction of inventorship for a Goodyear patent related to self-inflating tire (SIT) technology. The plaintiffs, collectively referred to as "Coda," were appealing a district court's decision that granted Goodyear judgment as a matter of law despite a jury previously finding in Coda's favor and awarding millions in damages. The appellate court affirms the district court's judgment, concluding that no reasonable jury could find that Coda proved all elements required for a trade secret misappropriation claim under the Ohio Uniform Trade Secrets Act or that the correction of inventorship was warranted. Specifically, the court found that Coda's alleged trade secrets (TS 7, TS 11, TS 20, TS 23, and TS 24) were either not sufficiently definite, not secret, or that Goodyear had not used them.

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