Proofpoint, Inc. v. Vade Secure, Incorporated

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 PROOFPOINT, INC., et al., Case No. 19-cv-04238-MMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT LEMARIÉ'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL VADE SECURE, INCORPORATED, et SUMMARY JUDGMENT al., 10 Defendants.

11 Before the Court is defendant Olivier Lemarié's ("Lemarié") Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, filed April 24, 2021. Plaintiffs Proofpoint, Inc. ("Proofpoint") and Cloudmark LLC ("Cloudmark") have filed opposition, to which Lemarié has replied. Having read and considered the parties' respective written submissions, the Court rules as follows.1 BACKGROUND In the operative complaint, the First Amended Complaint ("FAC"), plaintiffs allege Cloudmark employed Lemarié as its Vice President of Gateway Technology from 2010 until November 11, 2016 (see FAC ¶¶ 30, 54), and that, in February 2017, Lemarié began working for defendants Vade Secure, Incorporated and Vade Secure SASU …