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Intellectual Property

Mar. 11, 2015

Trade secrets misappropriation trial opens between business rivals

The fallout from two former memory chip business partners spilled into federal court Monday as attorneys for Netlist Inc. and Diablo Technologies Inc. gave opening statements in a trade secrets theft and breach of contract trial.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


OAKLAND - The fallout from two former memory chip business partners spilled into federal court Monday as attorneys for Netlist Inc. and Diablo Technologies Inc. gave opening statements in a trade secrets theft and breach of contract trial.


Netlist, an Irvine-based company, officially contracted with Diablo in 2008 to develop and produce memory chipsets used in computers and servers. Netlist claims that ...

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