Supreme Court of California

In a trade secret infringement action under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), continued improper use or disclosure of a trade secret after defendant's initial misappropriation is viewed as part of a single claim of "continuing misappropriation" accruing at the time of the initial misappropriation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2002
• Published 11/21/2002

Judges

• MORENO, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Keker & Van Nest, John W. Keker, Jeffrey R. Chanin, Michael H. Page and Ragesh K. Tangri, San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Robert G. Bone and James Pooley as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant., Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, Bernard A. Burk and Jeffrey E. Faucette, San Francisco, for Oracle Corporation, Xilinx, Inc. and 3Com Corporation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• O'Melveny & Myers, Daniel H. Bookin, Darin W. Snyder, James W. Shannon, Erika R. Frick and Hiro N. Aragaki, San Francisco, for Defendant and Appellant., Horvitz & Levy, H. Thomas Watson, Encino, and Jason R. Litt for Truck Insurance Exchange as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.