GA Telesis, LLC v. Salesforce, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GA TELESIS, LLC, et al., Case No. 21-cv-02701-AGT

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS AMENDED COMPLAINT

SALESFORCE.COM, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 42 Defendant.

12 Salesforce’s motion to dismiss GA Telesis’s amended trade secret claims is denied. The amended complaint sufficiently pleads the required elements of a claim for misappropriation of trade secrets under both the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) and the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“CUTSA”). To state a claim under the DTSA, a plaintiff must allege (1) the existence and ownership of a trade secret, (2) that the defendant misappropriated the trade secret, and (3) that the misappropriation caused or threatened damage to the plaintiff. InteliClear, LLC v. ETC Glob. Holdings, Inc., 978 F.3d 653, 657–58 (9th Cir. 2020). The elements of a CUTSA claim are “substantially similar.” Id. at 657 (analyzing the DTSA and CUTSA claims together). Salesforce does…