Legal Opinion
Alterg, Inc. v. Boost Treadmills LLC
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 20, 2019No. Case No. 18-cv-07568-EMCPublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD M. CHEN, United States District Judge
Plaintiff AlterG, Inc. ("AlterG") brings this action against three of its former employees, Sean Whalen, Thomas Allen, and Michael James Bean (the "Individual Defendants") and the competing company they founded, Boost Treadmills LLC ("Boost") (collectively, "Defendants"). AlterG alleges that Defendants infringed its patents and misused its trade secret information to create Boost products. AlterG's complaint pleads ten causes of action: (1) patent infringement; (2) breach of contract; (3) trade secret misappropriation; (4) breach of fiduciary duty;…
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