Genentech seeks to block JHL from using trade secrets

Genentech Inc. is asking a federal court to block JHL Biotech Inc. (Zhubei, Taiwan) from making and selling products the company claims benefited from its proprietary information, following the indictment of three former Genentech employees and an associate for stealing trade secrets for the Taiwanese biosimilars company.

Genentech filed the motion Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California seeking an injunction against JHL Biotech; a hearing is set for Dec. 13...