Tesla’s Lawsuit Against Rivian Progresses In California Court

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Tesla’s litigation against Rivian, which was filed in July 2020, has improved into a California court.

Tesla asserts that the electric vehicle start-up encouraged “the misappropriation of Tesla’s trade secrets, confidential, and proprietary data by Tesla employees that Rivian hires. ” It also alleges a pattern of employees leaving Tesla for Rivian and taking trade secrets together. In the suit, Tesla says that Rivian poached not as 178 of its workers.

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Rivian has denied the allegations and says Tesla is coming after it in an attempt to shut down competition in the EV industry. It proceeded to have the suit filed in the California Superior Court but its motion was denied earlier this week by judge William Monahan. The judge declined its request to discount claims leveled against seven former Tesla employees who currently work for Rivian. The judge did, however, discount Tesla’s “global interference in contract claim,” The Truth About Cars notes.

In its suit, Tesla says: “Misappropriating Tesla’s competitively useful confidential information when leaving Tesla for a new employer is obviously wrong and insecure. One would engage in that behaviour only for an important benefit — to use it to serve the aggressive pursuits of a new employer. ”

Rivian has ever denied the claims, saying that they “have not, and doesn’t, introduce former companies ’ intellectual property right into Rivian systems. ”

“Rivian is made up of high-performing, mission-driven teams, and our business design and technology are based on many years of engineering, design and plan development. This necessitates the contribution and know-how of tens of thousands of employees from throughout the technology and automotive areas,” the automaker added.

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