Former Packers Plus worker sentenced over intellectual property theft

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma -- Packers Plus Energy Services (USA) Inc., along with its legal counsel King & Spalding, have won a legal victory regarding the theft of its intellectual property against Isaac Bruce Broussard, a former employee of the company’s Oklahoma City office.

The Oklahoma County Court has sentenced Broussard to a ten-year suspended sentence, with the first 30 days in jail, and full restitution of $274,061.92.

"This is a significant and precedent-setting outcome for Packers Plus. We are a company that invests heavily in research and development of our proprietary technical solutions, and our intellectual property is a key part of our business," Tracey Beaudoin, Packers Plus General Counsel, said. "As part of his job, Mr. Broussard had access to confidential information and signed an agreement obligating him to return it if he stopped working for Packers Plus."  

In May 2013, while still working for Packers Plus, Broussard accepted a job offer from a competitor. After accepting the job, but before leaving the company, Broussard copied confidential information and took deliberate steps to conceal the theft of information, which included trade secrets.

Broussard was sentenced and jailed on Wednesday, July 15, 2015.