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Jury Rules on Mayo Scientist Trade Secrets Case

By: Jake Anderson

A federal jury reportedly found that Peter Elkin misappropriated Mayo Clinic's trade secrets, but Mayo was also ordered to pay the doctor royalties for software he created while employed there.

After four hours of deliberation, a federal jury on Wednesday determined that a former Mayo Clinic scientist misappropriated the health care giant's trade secrets and breached an employment contract when he left for a different job in New York, according to a report by the Star Tribune.

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