confidential, the order says. One e-mail quoted by the order says Moss suggested BuyWithMe should “Stop sharing our details to all salespeople [because] they will do this same thing.”
Gonzalez’s injunction also says the information at issue must be sent to the defendants’ lawyers and purged from the defendants’ possession while the case proceeds.
In a court filing Tuesday, BuyWithMe and Moss demanded a jury trial. They declined to comment Wednesday, citing the ongoing litigation. Tippr’s founder and chief executive, Martin Tobias, also declined comment.
In his own court filing, DeLorenzo, the former Tippr salesman, says he did not intend to harm the company by sharing any information, which he describes as being widely distributed within the company and to potential clients.
“I am surprised to hear that Tippr considers the information to be confidential, much less to constitute trade secrets,” DeLorenzo wrote.
DeLorenzo also says he doesn’t recall signing a non-disclosure agreement with Tippr covering the period in question, as the company alleges.
The lawsuit against BuyWithMe, Moss, and DeLorenzo came to light Wednesday through a separate court filing: Kashless also is suing BuyWithMe and another competitor, New Jersey-based DealOn, for infringing on a suite of patents. That lawsuit seeks an injunction and unspecified damages.
Kashless launched Tippr early last year after acquiring the patent portfolio of former Bellevue, WA-based dot-com Mercata from Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital. Tobias has previously touted the firm’s intellectual property and has said he wants to be the “arms dealer” for group-buying sites.
