ViChip Corp. v. Tsu-Chang Lee

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment came on for hearing before this court on May 17, 2006. Plaintiff ViChip Corporation (‘ViChip”) appeared through its counsel, Lesley E. Kothe, Robert Shwarts, and Sean A. Lincoln. Defendant, Dr. Tsu-Chang Lee (“Lee”), appeared through his counsel, G. Whitney Leigh. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby GRANTS plaintiffs motion for summary judgment as follows, and for the reasons stated at the hearing.

BACKGROUND

This action stems from a dispute between plaintiff ViChip and its former CEO — defendant Lee — in which the corporation alleges that the latter stole confidential and proprietary information from the company. ViChip is an electrical engineering company involved in the manufacture and sale of integrated circuits (i.e., microelectronic semiconductor devices used for electronic communications). Defendant Lee is not only ViChip’s former CEO, but also its former president, secretary, CFO, and sole director. Lee is also the current president of an independent company known as ViVoDa…