Patent Disputes Between Employer, Employee Consolidated In California

Mealey's (January 9, 2019, 12:27 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Jan. 7 agreed to consolidate two lawsuits that center on allegations that a former Power Integrations (PI) Inc. employee breached his agreement with the circuit supply company and then used their proprietary information to obtain patents in the United States and Korea (Power Integrations Inc. v. Chan-Woong Park, Nos. 16-2366, -2367, N.D. Calif.)....