April 19 (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has settled a lawsuit against one of the company’s former engineers, Alexander Yackov, in federal court in San Francisco.
The joint filing said the terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but that Yatskov would pay the company money.
Representatives from both sides did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Jaczkopf was a thermal engineer working on the Dojo, a supercomputer that Tesla said in its lawsuit “helps solve difficult engineering problems such as vehicle autonomy.” The company said it hired Mr. Yaczkov in January and resigned after taking a leave of absence in May.
That month, Tesla sued Jaczkopf for storing classified information about the Dojo on his computer. The lawsuit also alleges that Yaczkopf provided Tesla with a “dummy” computer to investigate in order to “hide his tracks.”
Yaczkov previously told the court that Tesla filed the lawsuit on his last day of work and handed over company materials after he retired.
Jaczkopf admitted to transferring confidential Tesla information to his personal computer during his employment, but said he only kept it for work purposes and intended to delete it when he was done, according to Wednesday’s filing. rice field.
A federal judge in San Francisco referred the case to arbitration last August and dismissed a request to stay Jaczkopf in federal court so he can openly challenge Tesla’s claims.
(This article has been corrected to fix a typo in paragraph 1)
Reported by Blake Britten of Washington. Edited by David Bario and Sandra Maler
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