Remove companies proofpoint-inc
article thumbnail

Judge Finds Ex-Proofpoint VP Owes $1 In Trade Secrets Suit

IP Law 360

A California federal judge has found that a former employee of a unit of software company Proofpoint Inc. doesn't have to pony up the $480,000 a jury said he owed for allegedly breaching a contract he had with his former employer, which had been part of a nearly $14 million jury verdict.

article thumbnail

Proofpoint Entitled To $14M In Trade Secrets Case, Jury Says

IP Law 360

A California federal jury has said Proofpoint Inc. was entitled to about $14 million after finding that a former employee and a French technology company misappropriated most of the trade secrets at issue in a suit relating to cybersecurity.

article thumbnail

Recent Hot Topics and Developments in Trade Secrets Law

Trading Secrets

In the case, a pharmaceutical company sued a former product development employee and his new employer in the District of New Jersey for misappropriation of trade secrets in violation of the DTSA. Similarly, in Five Star Gourmet Foods, Inc. Fresh Express, Inc. at *8; see also Payward, Inc. Contractors Inc.

Law 59