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🎯 Oracle sues payment software company Procore over trade secrets

On October 28, Oracle, the major software company, filed a lawsuit against Procore Technologies, a provider of software for the construction industry, in a federal court in California. The suit accuses Procore of misappropriating confidential information to advance its business. According to Oracle’s claims, former Oracle employee Mark Mariano allegedly took "thousands" of trade secrets with him when he joined Procore, aiding the development of a competing software platform for managing construction payments.

Representatives for Procore, along with Oracle’s attorneys and spokespeople, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Monday regarding the complaint. Efforts to reach Mariano for comment were also unsuccessful. Oracle, headquartered in Austin, Texas, stated that Mariano previously worked at Textura Payment Management, a construction invoicing and payment services company acquired by Oracle in 2016. The lawsuit claims that Mariano led a team at Oracle responsible for integrating third-party software with Oracle’s payment management platform.

The complaint states that Procore, headquartered in Carpinteria, California, recruited Mariano from Oracle in 2021. Oracle alleges that Mariano brought with him thousands of its files, including source code, customer data, and strategic research plans, which reportedly helped the "struggling" Procore reshape its business. According to Oracle, "soon after Mariano joined Procore with Oracle's confidential documents," Procore launched its own competing platform and swiftly introduced integrations similar to those that Oracle had previously developed while Mariano was involved in those projects.