Cognizant accuses Infosys of trade secret misappropriation in legal fight

Cognizant has accused Infosys of stealing commerce secrets and techniques from its healthcare subsidiary, TriZetto, and refusing a subsequent audit. TriZetto filed a lawsuit alleging Infosys improperly used confidential data obtained by means of Non-Disclosure and Entry Agreements (NDAAs).The courtroom submitting states, “Infosys was caught red-handed misappropriating TriZetto commerce secrets and techniques that Infosys initially accessed by means of Non-Disclosure and Entry Agreements (NDAAs). When confronted, Infosys obfuscated to the utmost extent attainable, asking TriZetto to easily belief, primarily based on nothing, that there had been no wrongdoing. When TriZetto refused to take Infosys at its phrase and demanded an audit of Infosys’s use of TriZetto’s data, as explicitly permitted beneath the NDAAs for any cause (a lot much less rampant trade secret misappropriation), Infosys refused to conform.”

TriZetto requested the courtroom to compel Infosys to supply withheld paperwork. Cognizant bought TriZetto in 2014 for $2.7 billion. TriZetto’s software program merchandise, Sides and QNXT, assist course of US medical health insurance claims and depend on confidential data. Cognizant contends Infosys used stolen secrets and techniques to construct its personal model of Sides, competing unfairly. Neither Infosys nor Cognizant responded to requests for remark.

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