Apple Insider and Powerpage file appeal in Apple trade secrets suit

In a completely predicatable turn of events, lawyers for the defendants filed an appeal in the Asteroid case on Tuesday, arguing that the judge’s ruling violated the First Amendment and that Apple should toss its own house and subpoena its own employees or use “sophisticated computer forensics” to determine where the leak came from before subpoenaing the online journalists.

A spokesman for Apple declined specific comment on the appeal, but said “Apple’s DNA is innovation, and protection of trade secrets is crucial to our success” which echoes my recent comment on this subject.