DUBLIN, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Jun 18, 2007 -- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. (CZMI) has announced the filing of a lawsuit on June 7, 2007 in the state of Massachusetts against a former senior CZMI sales executive who is now employed by CZMI’s direct competitor, Optovue, Inc. (“Optovue”). The suit alleges that the executive, while employed by CZMI, transmitted confidential and proprietary CZMI information to Optovue, and that he engaged in a variety of prohibited actions during and subsequent to his CZMI employment. The lawsuit requests that he be prohibited from engaging in such conduct, be ordered to return and make no use of CZMI’s confidential and proprietary information and seeks appropriate remedies and awards.
