United States Sixth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant on contract and misappropriation of trade secret claims involving a catheter device is affirmed where the district court properly relied on employee declarations irrespective of self-interest, and plaintiff failed to provide sufficient evidence of similarity between defendant's catheter and his trade secret.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/18/2005
• Published 11/18/2005

Judges

• ROGERS, Circuit Judge., Before:  COLE and ROGERS, Circuit Judges;  BECKWITH, Chief District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Matthew D. Brownfield, Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C., Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Kelsey I. Nix, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, LLP, New York, New York, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Matthew D. Brownfield, John P. Konvalinka, Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C., Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Kelsey I. Nix, Diane C. Ragosa, John M. DiMatteo, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, LLP, New York, New York, for Appellee.