Infosys-Cognizant trade secrets battle nears end

Dallas court arranged a conference call to settle some parts of the firms' dispute

- Jas Bardia

BENGALURU: A 10-month legal battle between two of the world's largest information technology (IT) services companies may be drawing to a close, with a Dallas court asking Cognizant and Infosys to join a conference call with it to settle parts of their dispute.

In a May 23 order, the court welcomed both parties to discuss matters pertaining to the case over a call with the court.

"This is not an invitation to engage in ex parte communications or obtain advisory rulings from the court," judge David L. Horan clarified. "Rather, the parties are required to attempt to resolve by agreement any disputes on non-dispositive pretrial discovery matters by meaningfully conferring before seeking the court's involvement."