ElastiFlow, Inc. v. Smith
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ELASTIFLOW, INC., Case No. 25-cv-01429-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS
v. TO DISMISS DEFENDANTS’
COUNTERCLAIMS
DUVALL SMITH, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 28, 31 Defendants.
12 Elastiflow sues its former employees Alexander Germain and Duvall Smith for violating their employment agreements through their alleged use of Elastiflow’s proprietary and confidential information. (Dkt. No. 15.) Mr. Germain asserts a counterclaim for a declaratory judgment that he did not misappropriate Elastiflow’s trade secrets; Mr. Smith asserts an identical counterclaim and an additional counterclaim for a declaratory judgment that he is the owner of certain source code (“the Code”). (Dkt. Nos. 22, 27.) Elastiflow now seeks to dismiss all counterclaims against it. (Dkt. Nos. 28, 31.) Having carefully reviewed the parties’ briefing and with the benefit of oral argument on June 5, 2025, the Court DENIES in part and GRANTS in part Elastiflow’s…