Startup’s Jurisdictional Claims In Trade Secret Dispute Deemed Insufficient

Mealey's (October 28, 2020, 2:05 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A startup company that develops technology relating to the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea has failed to properly plead allegations establishing personal jurisdiction over two companies and three individuals it provided its confidential and trade secret information to as part of a nondisclosure agreement (NDA), a federal judge in California ruled Oct. 26 in granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss (Serenium Inc. v. Jason Zhou, et al., No. 20-2132, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 198947)....