Legal Opinion
Bayer Corp. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided October 15, 1999No. C99-01165 WHAPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION BUT IMPOSING PERIODIC DISCOVERY TO MONITOR PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS; DENYING CROSS-MOTION TO STRIKE EXPERT DECLARATION; DENYING CROSS-MOTION TO DISMISS
ALSUP, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This motion for a preliminary injunction presents a conflict between two strong public policies of California — -the policy favoring employee mobility free of encumbering restriction and the policy favoring protection of genuine trade secrets. On the present record, the Court concludes that employee mobility must prevail and denies plaintiffs motion to prohibit…
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