Elite Semiconductor, Inc. v. Anchor Semiconductor, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 8 ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Case No. 5:20-cv-06846-EJD

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v.

ANCHOR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., et Re: ECF No. 328 al., 13 Defendants.

14 Defendants Anchor Semiconductor, Inc. and Chenmin Hu move for summary judgment on Plaintiff Elite Semiconductor, Inc.’s only remaining claims in this case—misappropriation of trade secrets under federal and California law. Although Defendants raise several arguments in support of their motion, the Court need only address one of them: the statute of limitations. Because the record shows that Elite filed its lawsuit too late, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. I. BACKGROUND This case arises from a dispute over a semiconductor technology known as Local Critical Area Analysis (“Local CAA”) that Elite developed in April 2010 and allegedly held as a trade secret. Statement of Undisputed Facts…