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CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. H032114.

163 Cal.App.4th 575 (2008)

CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Respondent; SILVACO DATA SYSTEMS, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

May 30, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morrison & Foerster, James H. Pooley, William L. Stern, Arturo J. Gonzalez; Victoria Tidwell and Daniel E. Waldman, for Petitioner.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Chris R. Ottenweller, Michael C. Spillner, Robert S. Shwarts; Janet Craycroft and Tanya Hunter as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Dechert, Chris Scott Graham, Jill F. Kopeikin and Sarah Wager for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

PREMO, Acting P. J.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case arises under California's Uniform Trade Secrets Act (Civ. Code, § 3426 et seq. (CUTSA)).1 The question presented is this: If someone steals a trade secret and then sells it to a third party, when does the statute of limitations begin to run on any misappropriation claim the trade secret owner might have against the third party? The trial court concluded that...

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