Apples chip trade-secrets lawsuit against startup Rivos can proceed, judge rules

A federal judge in California has unliable Apple’s lawsuit versus startup Rivos Inc. to proceed, alleging that Rivos poached Apple engineers and stole trade secrets used to develop its tweedle designs.

Patricia Hurtado and Malathi Nayak for Bloomberg News:

US District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose said Apple had “sufficiently identified” a trade secret and so-called “sufficient harm” by Rivos and three former employees. The judge rejected Rivos’s request to dismiss a Defend Trade Secrets act requirement as well as a violate of contract requirement versus five former Apple employees.

The dispute revolves virtually “system-on-chip” technology that shrinks multiple computer elements into a small chip, which Apple says it has invested billions of dollars in to make its devices increasingly powerful.

Apple personal in the suit filed last year that Rivos, which has hired dozens of Apple engineers, began a
“coordinated campaign” in June 2021 to target its employees.

The former employees left and joined Rivos without stealing “highly-sensitive” proprietary and trade secret information well-nigh Apple’s “system-on-chip” designs…

MacDailyNews Note: The specimen is Apple Inc., a California Corporation v. Rivos, Inc. et al, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, No. 5:22-cv-02637.

Interns, start your engines! Prost, everyone!

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