Federal Jury Finds Avilar Therapeutics and RA Capital Willfully and Maliciously Misappropriated Trade Secret Developed at Yale, Awards Biohaven and Yale University $4 Million
A federal jury found that Avilar Therapeutics and RA Capital willfully and maliciously misappropriated a trade secret developed at Yale, and awarded Biohaven Ltd. and Yale University $4 million in damages.
Why it matters — The verdict affirms that Biohaven's intellectual property rights in a Yale-developed trade secret were violated, resulting in a monetary award and legal validation for Biohaven.