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Litigation and Legal Risk

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC · 2026-08-25 · Importance 31 · Surprise 42

Texas Instruments failed to block former vice president Kannan Soundrapandian from joining competitor GlobalFoundries Inc. A judge denied TI’s request for a temporary injunction after finding that TI had not shown Soundrapandian misused confidential information. The court said Soundrapandian appeared to have complied with his contractual trade-secret obligations, including after meeting with a mutual potential client.

Key facts

• A judge denied the temporary injunction Texas Instruments sought to block Kannan Soundrapandian from working for GlobalFoundries, stating Texas Instruments has not shown Soundrapandian misused confidential information. source
• Texas Instruments Inc. failed in its attempt to prevent a former vice president, Kannan Soundrapandian, from working for competitor GlobalFoundries Inc. source
• The court found that Kannan Soundrapandian appears to have upheld his contractual trade secret obligations. source