Volcano Corporation said that the Superior Court of Massachusetts has ruled in its favor in the St Jude Medical subsidiary LightLab Imaging's trade secret case against Volcano and its wholly owned subsidiary Axsun Technologies.

The court rejected LightLab’s claims for protection of five alleged trade secrets relating to laser technologies and denied all of LightLab’s requests for permanent injunctions, Volcano said.

The ruling followed a two-week trial on five of a number of trade secret claims alleged by LightLab and a trial on the remaining trade secret claims has not yet been scheduled.

Volcano chief executive officer Scott Huennekens said that they are pleased with the ruling as it validates their position regarding these purported trade secrets and Volcano will continue to vigorously defend the remaining claims in this litigation as they focus on executing their growth strategy.