(United States Federal Circuit) - In a case involves trade secrets relating to opaque polymers,which are hollow spheres used as paint additives for interior and exterior paints to increase the paint's opacity, the International Trade Commission's (ITC) decision, and imposing default judgment sanctions for spoliation of evidence and entering a limited exclusion order against plaintiff,is affirmed where the Commission did not abuse its discretion in entering default judgment as a sanction for plaintiff's spoliation of evidence and further did not abuse its discretion in entering the limited exclusion order.
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