Proofpoint, Inc. v. Vade Secure, Incorporated

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PROOFPOINT, INC., et al., Case No. 19-cv-04238-MMC

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS'

MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY

v. INJUNCTION

VADE SECURE, INCORPORATED, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 Before the Court is plaintiffs Proofpoint, Inc. ("Proofpoint") and Cloudmark LLC's ("Cloudmark") Motion for Preliminary Injunction, filed September 25, 2019. Defendants Vade Secure, Incorporated, Vade Secure SASU (collectively, "Vade"), and Olivier Lemarié ("Lemarié") have filed opposition, to which plaintiffs have replied. Additionally, with leave of court, defendants, on January 17, 2020, filed a sur-reply. Having read and considered the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the motion, the Court rules as follows.1 BACKGROUND Plaintiffs allege Cloudmark and Vade are competitors, as each "develops and markets cyber security products." (See Compl. ¶ 7.) Plaintiffs also allege Lemarié, who 23 …