Anysource, Inc. v. People Center, Inc.
- Denise Cote
- 1:26-cv-06410
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
Counsel of record per CourtListener. Firm names are approximate and have been consolidated across spelling variants.
In Anysource v. People Center, Judge Cote received a request to seal commercially sensitive filings concerning a preliminary-injunction motion; no ruling appears.
People Center, Inc. and Anysource, Inc., as well as members of the public who may seek access to the filings.
What happened
Anysource, Inc. alleges that People Center, Inc. misused confidential information and trade secrets while developing its MCP Gateway. People Center submitted a letter asking to keep limited portions of its legal brief, declarations, and exhibits from public view while responding to Anysource’s request for a preliminary injunction.
People Center said the materials contain unreleased product plans, technical information, system configurations, business strategy, and information Anysource designated confidential or claimed was a trade secret. It argued that disclosure could harm its competitive position and that the proposed redactions would leave the substance of its submissions publicly available.
The letter asks Judge Denise L. Cote for permission to file redacted public versions and unredacted versions under seal. The provided text is a request, not a court ruling, so it does not show whether the request was granted or denied.
The detailed version
- Anysource, Inc. v. People Center, Inc. · No. 1:26-cv-06410
- Denise Cote
- Aug. 19, 2026
Background
People Center, Inc., identified in the letter as “Rippling,” submitted a letter motion seeking permission to seal portions of its memorandum supporting a sur-reply to Anysource, Inc.’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Anysource is identified in the letter as “Runlayer.” The dispute concerns Anysource’s allegations that People Center misused confidential information and trade secrets in developing its MCP Gateway. The letter also states that the parties have agreed to arbitrate.
Requested Sealing
People Center asks to seal limited portions of its sur-reply, supporting declarations from Jonathan Krein and Tim Fall, and identified exhibits. The requested categories include:
- unreleased product-roadmap and launch-readiness information, including testing, participation, and marketing details; - proprietary technical information about the MCP Gateway’s source code, architecture, identity and access-management integration, single-sign-on design, and development methods, as well as technical information about other People Center products; - People Center-specific system configurations in the trial repository; and - material that Anysource designated confidential or asserted was a trade secret, submitted provisionally without People Center conceding that sealing was warranted.
People Center argues that disclosure could give competitors an advantage, create security and competitive risks, or cause competitive harm. It states that its proposed redactions are limited and would leave the substance of its submissions publicly available. The letter says the court previously granted a similar request by Anysource.
Disposition
The provided text is People Center’s August 19, 2026 letter motion. It requests leave to file public redacted versions and corresponding unredacted versions under seal, but it does not contain an order granting or denying that request. Accordingly, the text does not establish a disposition. Judge Denise L. Cote is the judge addressed in the letter.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.