Crosscode

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CROSSCODE INC., Case No. 20-cv-00104-VC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

v. PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

ADITYA R. SHARMA, Re: Dkt. No. 12 Defendant.

Crosscode, Inc. brought this lawsuit against Aditya Sharma, its founder and former CEO. Crosscode is a software company that, in its words, develops “cloud-based information technology mapping software” under the name “Panoptics.” After Crosscode’s shareholders removed Sharma from his position as chairman, and after the newly constituted board terminated Sharma from his position as CEO, Sharma invoked a previously undisclosed licensing agreement in an attempt to prevent Crosscode from continuing to use the Panoptics software, and in an attempt to deter further investment in Crosscode. Crosscode contends that the licensing agreement is fabricated and seeks (among other things) a court order declaring it to be invalid. Crosscode initially applied for a temporary restraining order against Sharma. That request was granted after Sharma defied an order to respond and instead filed a dueling suit in the District of…