Opinion ID: 1059041
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Metadata Schema

Text: The chancellor rejected Hutz's conclusion that Xue used or disclosed MicroStrategy's confidential information when he created five tables in Actuate's metadata schema. Instead, the chancellor relied on Soloway's testimony and concluded that the five tables at issue were an obvious translation of the schema in Actuate 5 to that in Actuate 6. With respect to the index portion of the schema, in accordance with Soloway's testimony, the chancellor found that the design of any index is driven by the table structure and well known software design princip[les]. Citing the different functions of the software products, the chancellor also found that because Actuate did not support other commercial databases[,] the creation of its tables and indexes was a far simpler task than that facing MicroStrategy's software engineers. Finally, the chancellor rejected Hutz's conclusion that Xue misappropriated MicroStrategy's indexes. These findings support the chancellor's conclusion that with regard to the metadata schema, MicroStrategy failed to establish that the [defendants] misappropriated a trade secret. Therefore, we hold that the chancellor's factual findings fully support his resolution of all the trade secret misappropriation issues presented in this appeal. [3] For these reasons, we will affirm the chancellor's judgment. Affirmed.