Judge skeptical of JHL's defense in Genentech case

U.S. District Judge William Alsup met with skepticism arguments made by lawyers for JHL Biotech Inc. (Zhubei, Taiwan) during a motion hearing Thursday for Genentech Inc.'s civil case against the Taiwanese company.

Genentech filed the civil suit seeking damages and an injunction in the U.S District Court for the Northern District of California after three former Genentech employees and an associate were indicted for stealing trade secrets for JHL in a criminal case (see "Trading Blows over Trade Secrets")...