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Court Denies AS&E in Trade Secret Case Against Viken

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020

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Court Denies AS&E in Trade Secret Case Against Viken

Vehicle above Viken's in-ground Osprey-UVX under vehicle inspection system. Photo: Viken Detection

A Massachusetts court this month denied a request by a security and detection division of OSI Systems [OSIS] seeking to stop Viken Detection from using a software technology developed by the company’s chief technology officer while he worked for American Science and Engineering (AS&E), which was later acquired by OSI. In March, AS&E filed a lawsuit in the Middlesex County Superior Court alleging its former employee, Peter Rothschild, and Viken, which he founded, stole trade secrets and breached a contract…

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