shutterstock.com Exactly a month ago, a jury in the Western District of North Carolina returned a verdict in favor of Nexus Technologies, et al, in what could prove to be an intellectual property case with historical importance. The facts of Nexus Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Unlimited Power Ltd. and Christopher Petrella, revolve around Nexus having been persuaded into giving the defendants proprietary technical information about the design and functionality of a novel portable renewable energy system. Defendants and an affiliate company (Revensafe) then used the information they were able to extract to file four distinct patent applications naming Defendant Petrella as the inventor, rather than the Nexus employees (Daniel Conti and Benjamin Bomer) who developed the inventions and designs.