Legal Opinion
Advanced Modular Sputtering, Inc. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 13, 2005No. 2d Civil Nos. B181405, B183766PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
YEGAN, Acting P. J.
This is a first impression trade secret civil discovery case. We hold that Code of Civil Procedure section 2019.210 (formerly Code of Civ. Proc,. § 2019, subd. (d)), 1 which provides that discovery relating to a trade secret may not commence until the trade secret is identified with “reasonable particularity,” is not limited in its application to a cause of action under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) (Civ. Code, §§ 3426-3426.11), for misappropriation of the trade secret, but extends to any cause of action which relates to the trade secret. We also hold that…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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