There were no trade secrets involved. It was a patent. Here it is https://patents.google.com/patent/US10912502B2/ https://patents.google.com/patent/US1091250

There were no trade secrets involved. It was a patent. Here it is https://patents.google.com/patent/US10912502B2/ https://patents.google.com/patent/US10912502B2/ They were hired for their expertise. Do you want to start enforcing non competes in California?