Proofpoint, Inc. v. Vade Secure, Incorporated

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PROOFPOINT, INC., et al., Case No. 19-cv-04238-MMC

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS' v. RENEWED MOTION FOR JUDGMENT

AS MATTER OF LAW

VADE SECURE, INCORPORATED, et al., 11 Defendants.

13 Before the Court is plaintiffs' "Renewed Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(b)," filed February 24, 2023. Defendants have filed opposition, to which plaintiffs have replied. Having read and considered the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the motion, the Court rules as follows.1 "Under Rule 50, a court should render judgment as a matter of law when a party has been fully heard on an issue and there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis for a reasonable jury to find for that party on that issue." Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc., 530 U.S. 133, 149 (2000) (internal quotation and citation omitted). In considering a motion under Rule 50, "the court must draw all…