Elite Semiconductor, Inc. v. Anchor Semiconductor, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION

ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.,

Case No. 5:20-cv-06846-EJD Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS v. ANCHOR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. AND CHENMIN HU’S MOTION ANCHOR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., et al., TO DISMISS 10 Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 43

In this action for trade secret misappropriation, Defendants Anchor Semiconductor, Inc. (“Anchor”) and Dr. Chenmin Hu (“Dr. Hu”) (collectively, the “Anchor Defendants”) move to dismiss Elite Semiconductor, Inc.’s (“ESI”) fourth claim for tortious interference with contract and fifth claim for conversion. See Dkt. No. 43, (“Mot. to Dismiss”). ESI filed an opposition, Dkt. No. 46 (“Opp’n”), and the Anchor Defendants filed a reply, Dkt. No. 48 (“Reply iso MTD”). For reasons set forth below, the Anchor Defendants’ motion is GRANTED.1 I. BACKGROUND ESI is a Taiwanese based software…