It needs to find some one who clicked on the licensing agreement and therefore was bound to not reverse engineer the code. No one is committed to keep trade secrets unless they have agreed to do such. If they do agree, and do not keep trade secrets then there is a misappropriation. MPI's theory is that when you install the software you have to first click on the agreement. Once you have, you have agreed to keep trade secrets.
Reverse engineering is protected under law.
He resides in Texas. A California judge denied Matt's motion citing two cases but not giving any reasons for the denial other than California can go after Matt. This is not an interstate commerce issue. Matt filed an appeal two days ago. This injunction bans linking to software too.