Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. v. Topcon Medical Systems, Inc.

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.,

Case No. 19-cv-04162-SBA Plaintiff, ORDER CLARIFYING SCOPE OF v. PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

TOPCON MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.,

et al.,

Defendants.

10 Plaintiff Carl Zeiss Meditech, Inc. (“CZMI”) brings the instant action against Defendants Topcon Medical Systems, Inc. (“TMS”) and Topcon Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (“THS”) (together, “Topcon”), Tobias Kurzke (“Kurzke”), and seven additional former CZMI employees for misappropriation of trade secrets. The operative Third Amended Complaint alleges claims for violation of the Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”), 18 U.S.C. § 1836, et seq., and violation of the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“CUTSA”), Cal. Civ. Code § 3416, et seq., as well as other related claims. I. BACKGROUND1 A. THE PARTIES’ PRODUCTS CZMI is a market leader in the ophthalmic diagnostics (“ODx”) industry. Among CZMI’s ODx software…