GT Solar charges technology theft
[2008-7-25]
Tag : Solar Charges
GT Solar is suing an Italian citizen for allegedly stealing technology from the Merrimack firm’s partner and giving it to its California competitor.
GT Solar, which processes materials to manufacture solar energy cells, filed suit June 20 against Fabrizio Goi in U.S. District Court in Concord.
According to the suit, in early 2006 GT Solar bought a 99-year exclusive license to design the “36 Rod Reactor” designed by Poly Engineering S.r.L, an Italian design firm, and contracted with VRV SpA -- where GOI was sales director -- to fabricate it in September of that year.
Goi visited GT Solar’s facilities in Merrimack, “worked side-by-side” with the company’s engineers and had access to technical drawings of the reactors. He also allegedly knew that there were confidentiality agreements concerning such trade secrets.
But on March 31, 2008, Goi abruptly quit VRV, with no advance notice, forfeiting three months salary to work for Poly Plant Project Engineering, located in Burbank, Calif. A few months later, according to the suit, PPP started marketing a 36 Rod reactor, which it allegedly claimed was the same as GT Solar's. Some end-users purportedly saw drawings of the design with VRV’s name still on it, and it included some specifications which were proprietary to GT Solar.
GT Solar is suing an Italian citizen for allegedly stealing technology from the Merrimack firm’s partner and giving it to its California competitor.
GT Solar, which processes materials to manufacture solar energy cells, filed suit June 20 against Fabrizio Goi in U.S. District Court in Concord.
According to the suit, in early 2006 GT Solar bought a 99-year exclusive license to design the “36 Rod Reactor” designed by Poly Engineering S.r.L, an Italian design firm, and contracted with VRV SpA -- where GOI was sales director -- to fabricate it in September of that year.
Goi visited GT Solar’s facilities in Merrimack, “worked side-by-side” with the company’s engineers and had access to technical drawings of the reactors. He also allegedly knew that there were confidentiality agreements concerning such trade secrets.
But on March 31, 2008, Goi abruptly quit VRV, with no advance notice, forfeiting three months salary to work for Poly Plant Project Engineering, located in Burbank, Calif. A few months later, according to the suit, PPP started marketing a 36 Rod reactor, which it allegedly claimed was the same as GT Solar's. Some end-users purportedly saw drawings of the design with VRV’s name still on it, and it included some specifications which were proprietary to GT Solar.
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