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Fortinet, Inc. v. Sophos, Inc. et al
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3:13-cv-05831
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December 10, 2015
Sophos Settles Fortinet Suit Over Stolen IP And Staff
Sophos Group plc announced Wednesday that it will pay to settle a lawsuit by Fortinet Inc., a rival security software company that accused Sophos of poaching its workers, stealing its technology and infringing its patents.
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November 16, 2015
'Despicable' Acts Cost Sophos Exec $1.7M In Poaching Case
An executive at security software company Sophos Inc. was ordered to pay more than $1.7 million to his former employer, rival company Fortinet Inc., after an arbitrator found evidence he schemed to poach a handful of Fortinet workers, according to a filing unsealed Friday in California federal court.
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October 15, 2015
Fortinet Trade-Secret Claims Survive In Sophos Lawsuit
Data security company Fortinet Inc. can move forward with part of a patent lawsuit that alleges rival Sophos Inc. stole trade secrets, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying there remained a genuine dispute over the claims.
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September 21, 2015
Fortinet Blasts Sophos' Bid To Duck IP Suit
Days after a California federal judge refused to sanction Sophos Inc. over alleged discovery violations in a patent infringement and trade secrets dispute, rival data security company Fortinet Inc. asked the court not to dismiss the suit, saying it's clear Sophos had access to its trade secrets through ex-Fortinet employees.
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September 16, 2015
Sophos Escapes Discovery Sanctions In Fortinet IP Row
A California magistrate judge has chastised Sophos Inc. but refused to sanction the network security upstart for discovery misconduct in a patent infringement and trade secrets suit by rival Fortinet Inc., saying Sophos had not acted recklessly or in bad faith.
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March 27, 2014
Ex-Fortinet Execs Get Poaching, Trade Secrets Claims Stayed
A California federal judge on Thursday partially stayed network-security company Fortinet Inc.'s claims that two former executives breached their contracts by poaching employees and stole trade secrets to launch rival Sophos Inc., but he also said Fortinet could pursue its trade secrets and patent-infringement claims against Sophos.