Read Advanced Modular Sputtering, Inc. v. Super. Ct. of Santa Barbara, B181405

Code of Civil Procedure section 2019.210, which provides that discovery relating to a trade secret may not commence until the trade secret is identified with reasonable particularity, extends to any cause of action which relates to the trade secret.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/13/2005
• Published 09/13/2005

Judges

• YEGAN, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bradford F. Ginder, Santa Barbara;  Hollister & Brace.  Ellen McGinty King, Palo Alto;  White & Case, for Petitioners in No. B181405 and Real Parties in Interest in No. B183766., Carla B. Oakley, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, San Francisco, representing Agilent Technologies, Inc., Amicus Curiae, for Petitioners in No. B181405., Reicker, Pfau, Pyle, McRoy & Herman, Alan A. Blakeboro and Diana Jessup Lee, Santa Barbara.  Keker & Van Nest;  Jon B. Streeter and Daniel E. Jackson, San Francisco, for Real Party in Interest and for Petitioners Sputtered Films, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.