Virgin Galactic can use contested trade secrets to develop ‘mothership’

US federal judge caveats that Richard Branson’s space company can only share the information with contractors on its ‘mothership’ programme | Move is latest in the trade secrets dispute started by Boeing, which accuses Virgin of stealing confidential information for its space tourism project.

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Virgin Galactic can use contested trade secrets to develop ‘mothership’

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