One of the world’s biggest IT consulting companies, Cognizant, said in a court filing that Infosys was “caught red-handed” stealing the trade secrets of one of Cognizants most successful software, TriZetto. This comes a month after Infosys themselves had counter-sued Cognizant, alleging that the CEO of the company, Mr Ravi Kumar, had indulged in anti-competitive practices and also that he misused sensitive information to slow down the growth of Infosys’ healthcare platform, Infosys Helix.
Cognizant submitted a 22-page report as a court reply to Infosys’ allegations, saying, “Infosys was caught red-handed misappropriating TriZetto trade secrets that Infosys originally had access to through non-disclosure and access agreements (NDAAs).”
Moreover, Cognizant has also accused Infosys of not cooperating with the investigation as the latter refused to allow an audit of its TriZetto information and how it used information. The company said, “When confronted, Infosys obfuscated to the maximum extent possible, asking TriZetto to simply trust, based on nothing, that there had been no wrongdoing. When TriZetto refused to take Infosys as its word and demanded an audit of Infosys’s use of TriZetto’s information, as explicitly permitted under the NDAAs for any reason (much less rampant trade secret misappropriation), Infosys refused to comply.”
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It’s worth noting that this has been going on for a few months now. It started when Infosys accused Cognizant of poaching its key executives, including Ravi Kumar S, the company’s president and deputy chief operating officer, who joined Cognizant as its CEO.
