California tech company awarded $27 million in Best Buy trade-secret judgment

Dec. 6, 2012

By Leslie Brooks Suzukamo

Best Buy got another little lump of coal dropped in its holiday stocking this week.

A federal court in California has entered a $27 million judgment against the consumer electronics giant for essentially swiping the idea for its Buy Back Program from a used-electronics seller called TechForward Inc.

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