Case: Trade Secrets/Injunctions (N.D. Cal.)

Proofpoint Inc. and Cloudmark LLC’s motion for a preliminary injunction in this trade secrets misappropriation action was denied by a federal district court in California. Proofpoint and Cloudmark sought an order preliminarily enjoining Vade Secure Inc. from using Cloudmark’s trade secrets and requiring Vade to return to Cloudmark all such information. The court ruled that, standing alone, the source code for Cloudmark’s products don’t constitute trade secrets. And, according to the court, Proofpoint and Cloumark didn’t point to evidence identifying the aspects of the claimed combination of elements and architecture that are in fact trade secrets. The case is Proofpoint, Inc. v. Vade Secure, Inc., 2020 BL 63153, N.D. Cal., 19-cv-04238-MMC, 2/20/20