Cisco, Poly Agree to Dismiss 9th Circuit Trade Secrets Misappropriation Appeal

Cisco and Poly seek an order from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissing with prejudice Cisco’s trade secrets misappropriation appeal against Poly, said their stipulated motion Friday (docket 23-15590). The parties agreed each side will bear its own costs and fees on appeal, said the motion. The parties also stipulated to dismissal with prejudice of the underlying case in the Northern District of California, it said. Cisco alleged Wilson Chung, its former hardware and software architect, improperly kept “substantial Cisco confidential information” for the Cisco 730 headset and the Webex Desk Pro when he left Cisco in 2019 to join Poly, then disclosed those trade secrets to other Poly employees (see 2304220002). Cisco moved last week to dismiss its appeal against Chung (see 2307270029).