nClosures Inc. v. Block and Company, Inc.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

In May 2011, nClosures Inc. and Block and Company, Inc. began a business relationship in which nClosures designed and Block manufactured metal enclosures for electronic tablets, such as iPads. At the outset of the relationship, the parties signed a confidentiality agreement; nClosures then divulged its designs for the enclosure device to Block for manufacture. The first device — known as the Rhino Elite — entered the market for sale in October 2011. By March 2012, however, Block developed its own competing device, known as the Atrio.

In November 2012, nClosures brought…