Rossie

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAFFRON REWARDS, INC., Case No. 22-cv-02695-DMR

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR EX

v. PARTE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING

ORDER WITHOUT PREJUDICE

ALEX ROSSIE, Re: Dkt. No. 20 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff Saffron Rewards (“Saffron”) alleges that its co-founder Defendant Alex Rossie breached his contractual and legal obligations to Saffron after Rossie left the company. According to Saffron, the company was co-founded by Rossie and non-party Saumil Nanavati to democratize co-branded reward cards for businesses of every size. Declaration of Saumil Nanavati ¶ 3 [Docket No. 20-5.] Rossie and Nanavati served as members of Saffron’s board of directors. Rossie was specifically responsible for various technical aspects of the company. Id. ¶¶ 3-4. On November 10, 2021, Saffron and Rossie entered into a Technology Assignment Agreement in which Rossie assigned, among other things, all technology and intellectual property rights to Saffron. Id. ¶…