2019 years 12 month 30 day, American software corporation Workday In U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington v. Washington State University (WSU) Initiate a lawsuit, To stop it from leaking trade secrets to market research firms.

Workday Said in the lawsuit that it was WSU Provided confidential information about its operations, It was part of a bid to supply software products to the university. Workday Said it provided the confidential information under a confidentiality agreement, The agreement will take it as long as possible 207 Page of the proposal 29 Page is determined to contain confidential and proprietary trade secret information.

2018 years 6 month, Workday with WSU Have signed a contract. More than a year later, That is 2019 years 10 month, Market research company Tambellini Group to WSU An open records request was filed, It is requested to provide a large number of relevant Workday Products and services "file" , its "Established goal" It's using that information "Provide advice to clients" , Which means the documents can be sold to Workday Competitor of.

Tambellini Group Is a company focused on the educational technology market, It is primarily a provider of educational technology solutions (Such as Workday Or its competitors) , Investment companies and higher education institutions provide marketing for technology solutions, Advice on development and decision-making. Workday representation, It does not oppose direction Tambellini Group Disclose most of the information sought in its request, But some of the documents, which contain confidential and proprietary trade secret information, cannot be disclosed.

According to the content of the lawsuit, WSU Have said if Workday It has not obtained a court order preventing it from releasing the documents, Then the university will make it public. In response, Workday Indicate where it is included proprietary, Confidential sum (or) Relevant information is marked confidential in the proposal of trade secrets and its annex (narrow universe) .

WSU Consent to deletion Workday Some of the information mentioned in the response, But said it would be right Workday The remainder of the proposal is disclosed, unless Workday in 2019 years 12 month 30 Get a court order before today, Otherwise, the above information will be disclosed.

Workday In the lawsuit documents to its confidential information is illustrated with examples, For example, The proposal's No 32 How does the company manage data and request processing, What technology is used to do this and how "Always in a consistent way" Apply its management to "Mass data" In the.

(Compiled from www. worldipreview. com)

Reprinted from China Intellectual Property Network   translation: Wang Dan　proofread: Rason group

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