Palmer Luckey, the founder of virtual reality headset manufacturer Oculus VR Inc. and creator of the Oculus Rift, has been served with a lawsuit. As reported by Reuters, the suit levies harsh accusations against Luckey, claiming he "took confidential information he learned while working with another company and passed it off as his own."
Total Recall Technologies, the company making this claim, is a Hawaii based firm that said to have hired Luckey in 2011. His job with the company was to create a prototype head mounted display. The lawsuit goes on to mention that Luckey signed a confidentiality agreement when he agreed to develop this prototype.
The Reuters report continues stating that Luckey used information he learned from his "partnership when he launched a Kickstarter campaign for his own head mounted display called the Oculus Rift, according to the lawsuit."
Total Recall is accusing Luckey of a breach of contract and fraud and is seeking compensatory and punitive damages. No specific amount was detailed in the suit.
The report also mentions that Total Recall is enlisting the legal counsel of global law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, which also counts Google and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. as major clients.
Oculus VR Inc, which was acquired by Facebook last year in a $2 billion dollar deal, is listed in the suit as a defendant along with its founder.
This is not the first time Oculus has been faced with legal trouble. In May 2014, the company was sued by Zenimax Media, publisher of popular video game franchises such as the Fallout and Elder Scrolls series, who claim that Oculus VR stole key virtual reality technology that would eventually makes its way into the Oculus Rift.
Earlier this Month Oculus announced that the first consumer version of its flagship headset would be available for purchase in the first quarter of 2016.
