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ADVANCED MOD. SPUTTERING v. SUPERIOR COURT

2d Civil Nos. B181405, B183766.

33 Cal.Rptr.3d 901 (2005)

132 Cal.App.4th 826

ADVANCED MODULAR SPUTTERING, INC., Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Santa Barbara County, Respondent; Sputtered Films, Inc., Real Party in Interest. Sputtered Films, Inc., Petitioner, v. The Superior Court of Santa Barbara County, Respondent; Sergey Mishin et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

September 13, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford F. Ginder, Santa Barbara; Hollister & Brace. Ellen McGlinty King, Palo Alto; White & Case, for Petitioners.

Carla B. Oakley, San Francisco, representing Agilent Technologies, Inc., Amicus Curiae, for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Reicker, Pfau, Pyle, McRoy & Herman, Alan A. Blakeboro and Diana Jessup Lee, Santa Barbara. Keker & Van Nest; Jon B. Streeter and Daniel E. Jackson, San Francisco, for Real Party in Interest.

YEGAN, Acting P.J.

This is a first impression trade secret civil discovery case. We hold that Code of Civil Procedure section 2019.210 (formerly Code of Civil Procedure section 2019, subdivision (d))1, which provides that discovery relating to a trade secret may not commence until the trade secret is identified with "reasonable particularity," is not limited in its application to a cause...

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