Rossie

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

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS

v. Re: Dkt. No. 14 ALEX ROSSIE, 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. [Docket No. 1 (“Compl.”).] Now pending is Saffron’s motion to dismiss. [Docket No. 14 (“Mot.”); 18 (“Reply”).] Rossie opposes the motion. [Docket No. 17 (“Opp’n”).] This matter is suitable for resolution without a hearing. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). For the following reasons, the motion is granted in part and denied in part. I. BACKGROUND The following facts are in the complaint. Saffron was co-founded on November 10, 2021 by Rossie and non-party Saumil Nanavati to democratize co-branded reward cards for businesses of every size. Compl. ¶¶ 4, 23. Saffron is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in San…