Legal Opinion

Security People, Inc. v. Medeco Security Locks, Inc.

District Court, N.D. California

Decided July 8, 1999No. C-98-2556-CALPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

LEGGE, District Judge.

Plaintiff Security People, Inc. (“SPI”) and defendant Medeco Security Locks, Inc. (“Medeco”) are in the high security lock industry. They design, develop, manufacture and sell security related mechanisms, software and systems. They are competitors.

In this action, SPI contends that Mede-co’s products infringe one of SPI’s patents, and were developed from confidential information that SPI provided to Medeco under a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement in 1989. The causes of action alleged in the complaint are: (1)…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Monolith Portland Midwest Company, a Nevada Corporation v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
  3. Dillon v. Board of Pension CommissionersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Luben Industries, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
  5. Kamilche Company Simpson Redwood Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by4 opinions

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