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HAWG TOOLS, LLC v. NEWSCO INTERNATIONAL ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

No. 14CA1321.

2016 COA 176

Hawg Tools, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Newsco International Energy Services, Inc.; Newsco International Energy Services USA, Inc.; Newsco Directional & Horizontal Services, Inc.; and Joe Ficken, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Colorado, Division II.

Announced December 1, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robinson Waters & O'Dorisio, P.C., Anthony L. Leffert , Laura J. Ellenberger , Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Gordon & Rees LLP, John R. Mann , Thomas B. Quinn , Tamara A. Hoffbuhr Seelman , Denver, Colorado, for Defendants-Appellants.

J. Jones and Harris, JJ., concur.

¶ 1 What is a trade secret? According to a Colorado statute, it is, as is pertinent to this case, "the whole or any portion . . . of any . . . design . . . which is secret and of value." § 7-74-102(4), C.R.S. 2016. We conclude in this appeal that the act of keeping a design secret does not necessarily mean that...

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