Tesla sues Rivian over alleged trade secret theft
Tesla inc. has filed a lawsuit against rival automaker Rivian, on allegations of poaching talent and stealing trade secrets.
The lawsuit, which was filed on July 17 in California Superior Court in Santa Clara, reads,
"In about the past week, Tesla has discovered disturbing pattern of employees who are departing for Rivian surreptitiously stealing Tesla trade secret, confidential, and proprietary information — information that is especially useful for startup electric vehicle company. And Rivian encourages those thefts even though Rivian is well aware of Tesla employees' confidentiality obligations,"
"Rivian is knowingly encouraging the misappropriation of Tesla's trade secret, confidential, and proprietary information by Tesla employees that Rivian hire," Tesla claims.
Tesla named four former employees in the lawsuit, but added its investigation continues. The company claims it has since identified two more former workers who have gone on to work at Rivian and alleges they "likely misappropriated Tesla trade secret, confidential or proprietary information."
In response, Rivian issued a statement that calls the allegations baseless, citing the suit's allegations run counter to Rivian's culture, ethos and corporate policies.
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