Technology Renewal Corporation v. Houghton, Unpublished Decision (3-27-2001)

OPINION

Defendants-appellees, Robert H. Houghton and Anthony Thornton, were employed by Comp Data International, Inc. ("CDI"), an Ohio corporation that recycled and sold computer equipment. Houghton and Thornton each executed a covenant not to compete and confidentiality agreement with CDI and "its successors and assigns." Specifically, Houghton and Thornton agreed to refrain from competition for twenty-four months after their termination from CDI. Houghton resigned from CDI on February 2, 1998. Thornton resigned from CDI on February 10, 1998.

By March 1998, shortly after Houghton and…