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Ultra-Precision Manufacturing v. Ford Motor Co. (Fed. Cir. 2005). Ultra disclosed an engineering design to Ford without any confidentiality agreement.  …

Where patent holder Columbia University in New York claimed the defendant was unjustly enriched when it allegedly used confidential information in proposals, but Columbia failed to show a confidential relationship existed as it pertained to the proposals, federal patent law preempted the unjust enrichment claim. Background The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of ...