BladeRoom Group Limited et al v. Facebook, Inc.

  1. April 03, 2018

    Facebook's 11th-Hour Discovery Merits Sanctions, Judge Told

    Facebook should be sanctioned for belatedly producing two notebooks from an architectural engineer, an attorney for BladeRoom Group Ltd. told a California federal judge Wednesday, one day before the start of trial in its suit accusing Facebook of stealing its trade secrets to erect a massive data center.

  2. April 02, 2018

    Judge Scolds Attys For Facebook, BladeRoom As Trial Looms

    On the eve of trial in BladeRoom Group's lawsuit in California federal court alleging Facebook stole its trade secrets to erect a massive data center, the judge scolded attorneys from both sides for their lack of cooperation, saying he'd expect them to disagree "on the flavor of vanilla ice cream."

  3. March 26, 2018

    Facebook Says Cambridge Analytica Doesn't Belong In Trial

    With days before trial on BladeRoom Group's lawsuit alleging Facebook stole its trade secrets to erect a massive data center in Sweden, the tech giant sought assurances in California federal court Monday that references to Cambridge Analytica and its misuse of Facebook user data will be off limits.

  4. January 04, 2018

    Facebook Won't Get $15M Bond Before Trade Secrets Trial

    A California federal judge on Thursday denied Facebook Inc.'s request that BladeRoom Group place a $15 million bond to cover Facebook's litigation costs in case BladeRoom loses in an upcoming trial against the social media giant over allegedly stolen trade secrets, rejecting Facebook's arguments that it will probably prevail at trial in April.

  5. May 11, 2017

    Facebook To Face Data Center Secrets Trial In April 2018

    A California federal judge at a hearing Thursday set an April 2018 trial date for a jury to hear allegations that Facebook stole BladeRoom Group Ltd.'s trade secrets by copying the company's data center designs for Facebook's own facilities.

  6. May 10, 2016

    Facebook Wants Data Center Trade Secrets Suit Tossed

    Facebook aimed for a third-round knockout Monday of the bulk of a California trade secrets suit alleging the social media giant copied the design it uses for the construction of data centers, saying one of the companies suing it doesn't even own the secrets.

  7. March 25, 2015

    Facebook Accused Of Stealing Data Storage Trade Secrets

    BladeRoom Group Ltd. has hit Facebook Inc. in California federal court with a breach-of-contract suit claiming it stole trade secrets and intellectual property covering the construction of data centers, according to a redacted version of the suit released Wednesday.

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