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accession: "0001145197-24-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PODD"
cik: "0001145197"
company_name: "INSULET CORP"
filed_at: "2024-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T08:09:37.669177+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Insulet awarded $452M jury verdict against EOFlow for trade secret misappropriation

## Summary
- Jury awarded $170M compensatory and $282M exemplary damages, total $452M, for willful and malicious misappropriation.
- EOFlow's ability to pay the award is uncertain; Insulet also plans to seek injunctive relief.
- Verdict follows four-week trial in U.S. District Court for District of Massachusetts.
- Insulet CEO states company will zealously protect trade secrets beyond patent enforcement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001145197-24-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PODD
- cik: 0001145197
- company_name: INSULET CORP
- filed_at: 2024-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145197/000114519724000048/0001145197-24-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145197/000114519724000048/podd-20241203.htm

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