Power Product Maker Proceeds With Bulk of Trade Secrets Suit

Silicon Valley-based Power Integrations Inc. got a green light for most of its contract and trade secret claims against former employees based in the Philippines after a California federal court said it adequately alleges they improperly helped a competitor raid its engineers.

Power Integrations, which develops high voltage power conversion products, hired a team of engineers in the Philippines to design, build, and test power supplies, according to its suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

A competitor, Silanna Semiconductor North America Inc., allegedly used a third-party staffing agency to target and recruit Power Integrations’ ...