(December 21, 2016, 12:16 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on Nov. 10 granted Samsung’s motion to dismiss a misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information claim against it relating to its Galaxy smartphones and tablets, finding that as pleaded, the misappropriation claim is barred by the statute of limitations, but the judge granted the plaintiff company leave to amend (GeoVector Corporation v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., et al., No. 16-cv-02463-WHO, N.D. Calif.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 156722)....