Texas Instruments Sues Ex-VP Over Trade Secrets Misappropriation

Texas Instruments Inc. says a former vice president who refused to disclose his new employer after an abrupt resignation last month surfaced at a competitor looking to use its technology trade secrets.

The semiconductor manufacturer is asking the Texas Business Court to prohibit Kannan Soundarapandian from continuing his employment at GlobalFoundries US Inc. in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Fort Worth.

GlobalFoundries, it says, will compete with the Dallas-based company by offering clients process power to build semiconductor devices with the same proprietary technology developed by Texas Instruments.

“It is essential that TI’s former officer be prevented from taking a ...