CommScope sues German rival over trade secrets

US network infrastructure company  CommScope is suing German company  Rosenberger for allegedly misappropriating trade secrets related to base station antenna and computer software.

CommScope originally filed the complaint at the US District Court for the District of New Jersey in July, but revealed the move in a press release yesterday, October 14.

The US company also named two former employees who now work for Rosenberger in the suit.

In a court filing issued Friday, October 11 Rosenberger denied the charges laid out in CommScope’s complaint, which has not yet been published.

Farid Firouzbakht, senior vice president of RF Products for CommScope, said that the company had filed the action in order to protect its “significant investments in developing innovative products that provide superior value to our network infrastructure customers”.

Base station antennas are an essential part of wireless network infrastructure.

According to  research company Radiant Insights, both CommScope and Rosenberger are “key players” in the base station antenna market, which it expects to grow by 15.3% over the next three years.

WIPR has contacted Rosenberger for comment.