YaKuZa--BoSs Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 Auto company Tesla has sued fellow electric vehicle maker Rivian for unfair competition, as the firm chaired by Elon Musk claims Rivian would have misled Tesla employees to obtain confidential company information. In a lawsuit against filed in a state court in San Jose, California, Tesla accuses Rivian of developing an "alarming scheme" to lure his employees to obtain confidential information. "Misappropriating Tesla's competitive and useful confidential information when leaving Tesla for a new company is obviously wrong and risky," the complaint said. For his part, Rivian has assured that the demand is "without foundation" and that these behaviors go against the "culture, spirit and corporate policies" of the company. According to DPA, the complaint also mentions four former Tesla employees, who allegedly had brought confidential company information when they joined Rivian. "Upon arriving at Rivian we require all employees to confirm that they have not and will not introduce the intellectual property of former companies in which they have worked," they claimed from Rivian. "Rivian is a small startup looking to enter the electric vehicle market. Tesla is the world's leading manufacturer of electric vehicles. As expected, Rivian draws heavily from the ranks of Tesla, something that, when made of fairly, Tesla respects as legitimate competitive conduct, "Tesla said in a statement. 1
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