By: Gloria Young Journal Staff Writer

AtPac, a technology company that moved to Auburn from Grass Valley in November, is suing Nevada County over what it describes as unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information.

AtPac, which had contracted with Nevada County since 1999, states in the lawsuit that Diaz, Nevada County and Aptitude "accessed, copied and used AtPac's trade secret information and copyrighted software." It also alleges the county provided Aptitude Solutions with direct and unfettered access to AtPac's software and source code, and that county employees posted AtPac's trade secret information on copyrighted screen shots on a publicly available "docushare" site.

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