Promptu Systems Corporation v. Comcast Corporation et al, 2-16-cv-06516 (PAED May 7, 2018, Order) (Sanchez, USDJ)
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Plaintiff’s Former Officer and Lead Inventor Disqualified as Consultant for Defendant
The court granted plaintiff's motion to disqualify plaintiff's former officer/lead inventor of the patents-in-suit from consulting with defendant on non-confidential matters. "[Defendant] contends that separate and apart from any confidential information he may have received from [plaintiff and its predecessor], [its consultant] has knowledge regarding the background and subject matter of the patents-in-suit that is not confidential. [Defendant] argues it has retained [him] to consult only about these matters, not confidential information or patent strategy. However, [plaintiff] need not show that [its former officer] has been retained to consult regarding [plaintiff's] confidential information or patent strategy, but need only show that he received confidential information 'that is relevant' to the current patent litigation. . . . Given that [the consultant] is an inventor of the technology at issue in this case, it is impractical to expect him to be able to parse 'the specifics of the knowledge [he] gained while working at [plaintiff's predecessor] and his knowledge generally.'"
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