Source: https://www.fbm.com/trade-secrets-litigation/experience/
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 04:56:34+00:00

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After a five-week jury trial before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, our team won for UK-based BladeRoom a $30 million verdict against global manufacturing giant Emerson for willful and malicious misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of a non-disclosure agreement relating to BladeRoom’s revolutionary new methodology for constructing warehouse-sized data centers. The Daily Journal named this one of the “Top Verdicts” in California in 2018. Our client settled with Facebook after the first week of trial.
Huawei v. CNEX Labs, et al.
Defending CNEX Labs in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against allegations of trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, CFAA, and RICO claims with the case set for trial in May 2019.
BCCI v. Principal Builders, et al.
Successfully defended the founders of a start-up company who were sued in California state court by their former employer in the commercial design business based on claims of alleged misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of employment contracts and restrictive covenants.
Corporate Health Care Financing, Inc. v. Chris Fletcher and Tri-City Benefits, et al.
Successfully defended Tri-City Benefits and Chris Fletcher in a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland by the former employer of Mr. Fletcher which sought preliminary injunctive relief based on claims of alleged misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of restrictive covenants and solicitation clauses in Mr. Fletcher’s employment contract, as well as alleged theft and improper disclosure of confidential business information relating to the employee benefit plan industry. After conducting extensive expedited discovery proceedings and avoiding a preliminary injunction, was able to settle this case for our clients on favorable terms.
CyberMedia v. Symantec, et al.
Represented an Atlanta-based software development company and its officers in connection with copyright and trade secret claims arising out of the development and sale of a popular software program.
Deluxe Data v. Visa International, et al.
In this case, perhaps the first in the country tried under the “inevitable disclosure” trade secrets doctrine, the firm represented Visa, its data processing system, and seven individuals who were sued for having left the plaintiff en masse, allegedly with knowledge of source code and “know-how” related to the functionality in ATM machines worldwide. The case was tried in state court in Milwaukee for approximately two weeks, and our clients prevailed on every count. The decision in favor of our clients was affirmed by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
Defended Paul Castagna and Golden Gate Financial against claims of trade secret misappropriation relating to development of computerized market timing systems. Evidentiary hearing in Santa Clara Superior court on application for preliminary injunction.
Ischemia Research and Educational Foundation v Pfizer, Inc., et al.
We defended Pfizer, Inc. against claims of trade secret misappropriation in Santa Clara County Superior Court. The plaintiffs’ misappropriation claims arise out of clinical drug trials for Bextra, a second generation COX-2 inhibitor.
PGEI v. Sierra Detroit Diesel-Allison, et al.
We represented the defendant company being sued by a competitor over the components of large, commercial, diesel-powered electric generator packages. The plaintiff’s claims alleged that our client hired the plaintiff’s former employees and misappropriated the plaintiff’s design plans for the fuel tanks, on which the generators sit, and the steel housings or enclosures, which cover the generators for weather protection and sound attenuation. The case was settled on favorable terms for our client prior to trial.
We represented Ran One in a copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation case brought against a former officer and director who attempted to create a competing company. The case settled favorably to Ran One.
We act as regional counsel for Smith Barney in the San Francisco Bay Area and regularly provide advice, counseling, and act as litigation counsel for disputes arising out of the termination and hiring of broker-dealers, solicitation of clients and employees and the handling of confidential business and client information. In connection with this work, we are often called upon to handle proceedings seeking TRO’s and preliminary injunctive relief.
Represented three former employees and their start-up website design company in litigation filed by their former employer (another website design company) based on claims of alleged misappropriation of trade secrets (including client lists, marketing strategies and website design techniques and styles), trademark infringement and copyright infringement. The case was settled favorably for our clients through mediation.
Waymo LLC v. Uber Technologies, Inc. et al.
Appointed by federal court Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California, John Cooper is serving as “special master” in Waymo’s trade secrets case against Uber, putting him at a focal point of what could be seen as a battle for the future of the autonomous vehicle industry.

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