A cryptocollectibles tech company lost its preliminary bid to block a competitor accused of stealing its trade secrets by releasing characters resembling NBA star Stephen Curry in a blockchain-based CryptoKitties virtual game.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California ruled that Founder Starcoin Inc. failed to show that a preliminary injunction would prevent irreparable damage to its business plans, or that its trade secrets lawsuit would be successful.
Starcoin had hoped to bar use of the ‘CurryKitties’ or any other embodiment of Starcoin trade secrets by Dapper Labs, a subsidiary of defendant Axiom Zen.
Starcoin defined its ...
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