Infy avers it hasn't stolen trade secrets of Cognizant

Infosys Ltd has denied Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.'s allegations of stealing its trade secrets, stating that a cursory internet search reveals information about the latter's healthcare solutions, prompting a US court to ask Cognizant to disclose the nature of its trade secrets.

- Jas Bardia

BENGALURU:

Infosys, in a motion filed earlier in January, argued that Cognizant's definition of trade secrets was quite broad and publicly known.

"It (Cognizant) instead relies on vague and overbroad definitions of 'Trade Secret and Confidential Information' that identify every aspect of two-decade-old software products, QNXT and Facets, and everything related to them as the purported trade secrets of Cognizant that were allegedly misappropriated by Infosys. That is wrong, both factually and legally," the Bengaluru-based information technology (IT) services firm said in the motion.