In addition, Michael Fieklow, Harbinger’s general counsel, and Canoo’s former vice president of corporate legal, securities, and global strategies, is also named in the lawsuit.
filed 17 claims, accusing the people involved of stealing intellectual property, violating trade secrets policies, breaching employee separation agreements, and more.“This is a case of corporate espionage by a group of serial grifters who infiltrated Canoo to steal its intellectual property and human capital,” Canoo writes in the filing.
for use on medium-duty, vehicles such as delivery vans, school buses, and others. Canoo further alleges its rival deliberately poached members of its workforce, claiming that Harbinger has recruited at least 33 of its employees.For its part, Harbinger says that it is confident in its actions and calls Canoo’s suit “meritless.”
“Harbinger and its co-founders have always operated with the utmost integrity and have never engaged in any actions that would give rise to this meritless lawsuit,” a Harbinger said in a statement. “While we cannot provide further comment at this time, we are confident in our position and will vigorously defend ourselves against any baseless allegations brought forth by Canoo.”