Alexander and Chloe sat together at the defendant's table. His suit was rumpled at the elbows. Chloe kept twisting a tissue beneath the table.
My testimony was brief. I confirmed the patent records, license, and server logs. Then the Genesis data appeared on the courtroom screens.
My attorney pointed to one entry.
“At 02:14 AM on October 12th, the day after Ms. Neel’s departure, Genesis made an unauthorized call to her proprietary predictive algorithm. The same call appears here and here.”
He scrolled through thousands of instances before opening the financial report.
“Based on the patents’ market value and projected earnings, the conservative estimate of damages is four hundred million dollars.”
Chloe made a small choking sound. Their lawyer asked for water and then tried to call th
