Intellisoft, Ltd. v. Acer America Corp., No. 19-1522 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 3, 2020)

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Intellisoft, Ltd. (“Intellisoft”) and its president Bruce Bierman (collectively, “appellants”) sued Acer America Corporation and Acer Inc. (collectively, “Acer”) in Califor- nia state court, asserting various state law claims, includ- ing misappropriation of trade secrets. After more than three years of litigation, Acer sought to plead a patent in- ventorship counterclaim under federal law and thereafter removed the action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.