Optos, Inc. v. TOPCON MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CASPER, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiff Optos, Inc. (“Optos”) has sued its former sales account manager Barry Schafer (“Schafer”), and Schafer’s subsequent employer, Topcon Medical Systems, Inc. (“Topcon”), a rival corporation, alleging breach of contract, tortious interference with contractual relations, theft of trade secrets, and unfair and deceptive trade practices. Specifically, Optos alleges that Schafer, in violation of his non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreement with Optos, improperly retained a confidential list of Optos customers and used that list…