BMW secures injunction forcing Zync to seek stay of ITC trade-secret case
By Steve Scherer ( June 23, 2026, 21:05 GMT | Insight) -- A California federal judge on Monday ordered software startup Zync Inc. to seek a stay of its trade-secret case at the US International Trade Commission, ruling that a forum-selection clause requires the dispute to be litigated in Munich, Germany. The preliminary injunction keeps the ITC case on hold while Zync appeals a California state-court decision dismissing the same claims on forum-selection grounds.A California federal judge on Monday granted BMW a preliminary injunction requiring software startup Zync Inc. to seek a stay of its trade-secret case at the US International Trade Commission, ruling that the dispute must be litigated in Germany pursuant to a forum-selection clause in the parties’ confidentiality agreement....
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