RoadRunner Recycling, Inc. v. Recycle Track Systems, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROADRUNNER RECYCLING, INC., Plaintiff, No. C 23-04804 WHA

v.

RECYCLE TRACK SYSTEMS, INC. and ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT

RECYCLESMART SOLUTIONS, INC.,

12 Defendants.

14 INTRODUCTION In this contract and trade secret case, defendants move for partial summary judgment. Defendants do not challenge the contract claim brought by a former supplier. Instead, they contend plaintiff’s asserted trade secrets respecting waste monitoring were not specified, secret, or valuable — and, as to one, not owned by plaintiff. The motion is GRANTED. STATEMENT Parties contest seven remaining trade secrets, which bear repeating before reviewing the factual and procedural histories: (1) An overall waste monitoring system, (2) a smart camera apparatus for mounting in a dumpster, (3) the optical assembly within that apparatus, (4) a collection of images taken by such cameras of dumpsters and labeled with attributes like …