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Ninth Circuit Ruling Affirms Need to Protect Trade Secrets
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Plaintiffs GA Telesis LLC and Constant Aviation LLC filed a complaint on Thursday in the Northern District of California against Salesforce.com Inc. alleging that the defendant breached their contract by disclosing information to third-parties without their authorization or consent.
GA Telesis and Constant Aviation asserted that under Salesforce’s Master Subscription Agreement and Non-Disclosure Agreements (collectively, the Agreements), Salesforce “agrees to protect the confidential and proprietary information of its clients, and further agrees not to provide its clients’ confidential and proprietary information to any third-party, unless compelled by law or unless authorized by its clients to do so.” However, despite the terms of the Agreements, Salesforce has purportedly “engaged in the unfair and deceptive business practice of taking its clients’ confidential and proprietary information, manipulating that information, creating inaccu
Apple Sues Employee for Stealing Trade Secrets
Apple is suing a former employee who it claims leaked company trade secrets to a media outlet for over a year for his own personal gain.
Former advanced materials lead and product design architect Simon Lancaster is accused of abusing his position to access information outside of his job scope. He allegedly exchanged the data he stole for payment and positive media coverage of a startup business.
Court documents unsealed in federal court in California on March 11 state: Despite over a decade of employment at Apple, Lancaster abused his position and trust within the company to systematically disseminate Apple s sensitive trade secret information in an effort to obtain personal benefits.