Company Awarded More Than $6.8M In Damages In Trade Secrets Lawsuit

Mealey's (October 24, 2017, 7:44 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A defendant in a misappropriation of trade secrets and copyright infringement lawsuit will pay more than $6.8 million in damages on claims that he used his former employer’s trade secrets to develop a competing 3-D imaging device for the dental industry, a federal judge in California ruled Oct. 19 in granting the former employer’s motion for damages and entry of judgment (Sirona Dental Systems Inc., et al. v. Jian Lu, No. 15-8777, C.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 174510)....