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The Bengaluru-based contract manufacturer lands in legal hot water with the California-headquartered transformer startup over a trade secret dispute.

Zetwerk Manufacturing Businesses Pvt. Ltd, which is gearing up for an initial public offering later this year, has landed in legal trouble. The Bengaluru-based contract manufacturer has been hit with a US International Trade Commission (ITC) complaint and counterclaims in the Texas Business Court seeking a whopping $1 billion in damages.
The complaint was filed by Ayr Energy, a California-headquartered transformer startup that makes custom power equipment for data centre developers and utilities. The company alleges that Zetwerk planted an operative to gather trade secrets. The ITC filing also names Zetwerk Manufacturing USA Inc., (the San Francisco-based arm), Unimacts Global …
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