On Monday, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. filed a lawsuit in the District of Maine against Graham Bilbrough and Melissa LaPointe alleging violations of federal and Maine trade secret law.

According to the complaint, IDEXX is a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business in Maine that develops, manufactures, and distributes products and services for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, water testing and dairy sectors. The complaint further states that the two defendants are residents of Maine, spouses and former employees of IDEXX, with Bilbrough being employed by IDEXX from October 2006 until his resignation in January 2022 and LaPoint from July 2004 until her resignation in February 2022.

The complaint states that IDEXX has and continues to make substantial investments of time and resources to develop, market and sell its products and services to the veterinary sector and as a result IDEXX has become a world leader in veterinary diagnostics. Further, the plaintiff states that it zealously guards its trade secret information regarding its products and business strategies including marking sensitive documents as “confidential,” limiting access to trade secrets and requiring employees to abide by a Code of Ethics to safeguard confidential information from public disclosure.

The complaint purports that during the defendants’ employment with IDEXX they each held a variety of high level roles that allowed them access to confidential and proprietary...

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