COVETRUS INC v. ACTIAN CORPORATION

UNITES STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE COVETRUS INC., and VETERINARY ) DATA SERVICES, INC., ) ) Plaintiffs and Counterclaim ) Defendants, ) ) v. ) No. 2:21-cv-00097-LEW ) ACTIAN CORPORATION, ) ) Defendant and Counterclaim ) Plaintiff. ) ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO REFER, MOTION TO EXCLUDE, AND MOTION TO STAY The controversy in this case arises out of a software lease and copyright law. The Plaintiffs, Covetrus Inc. and Veterinary Data Services, Inc., preemptively filed suit in this District (where Covetrus is domiciled) in anticipation of an infringement suit by Defendant Actian…