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Magic Leap, Inc. v. Xu

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaJune 17, 20205:19-cv-03445California8,255 words

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I. BACKGROUND

23 Plaintiff Magic Leap, Inc. (“Magic Leap”) is a Delaware corporation with its principal 24 place of business in Plantation, Florida. Compl. ¶ 4. Plaintiff specializes in the field of “spatial 25 computing, which encompasses augmented, virtual and hybrid (or mixed) reality technology.” Id. 26 ¶ 2. Defendant Chi Xu (“Xu”) resides in Beijing, China. Id. ¶ 5. Defendant Hangzhou Tairuo 27 Technology Co., Ltd. (d/b/a “Nreal”), is a Chinese business entity established in or about early 2017. Id. ¶ 6. Plaintiff alleges that Xu “formerly worked for Magic Leap in its Sunnyvale, California facilities from July 27, 2015 until August 15, 2016.” Id. ¶ 5. As a condition of his employment, Xu signed a Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement (the “PIIA”), which “contains a broad prohibition against the use or disclosure of the defined confidential and proprietary information both during and after Mr. Xu’s employment” with Plaintiff. Id. ¶¶ 10–11; see id., Ex. A (“PIIA”). Plaintiff further alleges that, during Xu’s employment with Plaintiff, Xu “had access to much of Magic Leap’s Confidential Information spanning all…

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