Salesforce.com, Inc. v. GEA, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SALESFORCE.COM, INC., Case No. 19-cv-01710-JST (AGT)
Plaintiff,
DISCOVERY ORDER REGARDING
v. GEA’S TRADE SECRETS
DESIGNATION
GEA, INC., Re: ECF No. 76 Defendant.
Earlier today, the Court held a discovery hearing on the parties’ joint letter at ECF No. 76, in which Salesforce.com, Inc. (“Salesforce”) requests an order compelling GEA, Inc. to disclose its alleged trade secrets with more particularity pursuant to Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 2019.210.1 This Order memorializes the Court’s oral ruling granting Salesforce’s request to compel. Section 2019.210 requires that a party alleging trade secret misappropriation “identify the trade secret with reasonable particularity” prior to taking discovery relating to the trade secret. Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 2019.210. “‘Reasonable particularity’ mandated by section 2019.210 does not mean that the party alleging misappropriation has to define every minute detail of its claimed trade secret at the…