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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SLASHSUPPORT, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

NATARAJAN CHOODAMANI,

Defendant.

Case No. 16-cv-01505-BLF 

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION, 

ENTERING PERMANENT 

INJUNCTION, AND FINAL 

JUDGMENT

[Re: ECF 34]

The parties to this trade secret and breach of contract action have stipulated to entry of 

final judgment and a permanent injunction. ECF 34. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the 

stipulation and ENTERS the following permanent injunction:

Defendant Natarajan Choodamani and his agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and 

those in active concert or participation with them are restrained and enjoined from the following

for a term of five years:

a. using or disclosing to any other person, entity, or corporation, directly or indirectly, 

any confidential, proprietary, and/or trade secret information that belongs to CSS.

b. destroying, deleting, or modifying any files and documents containing such

information that are in their possession, custody, or control.

c. destroying, deleting, or modifying any recording concerning how they acquired, 

used, or disclosed such information.

In addition, pursuant to the stipulation, Choodamani and his agents, servants, employees, 

attorneys, and those in active concert or participation will return to CSS, by delivering to its

counsel Hanson Bridgett LLP, all copies of all files and documents, whether in electronic copy or 

hard copy forn1at, that contain confidential, proprietary, and/or trade secret information belonging 

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to CSS and in their possession, custody, or control. If Choodamani and his agents, servants,

employees, attorneys, and those in active concert or participation with them assert that these files 

and documents are held on servers, computers, cloud storage, portable hard drives, or other 

electronic media (hereinafter collectively referred to as "CSS Electronic Media"), they shall make 

such CSS Electronic Media available to CSS so that CSS can retain a neutral forensic expert to 

copy and remove its files. Any files, documents, and CSS Electronic Media falling within these 

terms shall be turned over to Hanson Bridgett as soon as reasonably possible upon their discovery. 

If the disclosure of CSS Electronic Media is not made prior to Choodamani's execution of the 

Settlement Agreement, cost of removal by a neutral forensic expert shall be at Choodamani's 

expense. Those files, documents and electronic media should be returned to Kurt A. Franklin, 

Hanson Bridgett LLP, 425 Market Street, 26th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.

The terms of this Permanent Injunction will remain in effect for five (5) years from the 

date of its entry. Disobedience is punishable as civil contempt and a breach of the Settlement 

Agreement. The parties' stipulation shall not be construed as an admission of the allegations in the 

Complaint.

Pursuant to the stipulation, the Court retains jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing the 

terms of the parties’ Settlement Agreement, see ECF 34 at 7-13, and Stipulation, id. at 1-5. 

The instant action is DISMISSED. Defendant shall pay his own attorneys’ fees and costs 

for this suit, as well as $5,000 to Plaintiff for its fees and costs. Judgment is hereby ENTERED, 

dismissing the case. The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 2, 2016

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BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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