Proofpoint Denied Fees For $14M IP Verdict Against Rival

By Dorothy Atkins ( September 6, 2023, 8:34 PM EDT) -- A California federal judge denied Tuesday software company Proofpoint's attorney fee request for scoring a $14 million trade secret theft verdict against an ex-executive and a rival that hired him, finding that the evidence supporting the jury's willful misappropriation finding is minimal "at best" and not enough to warrant fees. . . .

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