Covidien LP v. Esch

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

Nathaniel M. Gorton, United States District Judge

This dispute arises- - out of alleged breaches of an employment agreement and a separation agreement between Covidien LP and Covidien Holding Inc. (“plaintiffs” or “Covidien”) and Brady Esch (“defendant”), Covidien’s former employee. Plaintiffs allege that defendant breached those agreements by 1) assigning'rights to three patents to his new company rather than to Covidien and 2) disclosing plaintiffs’ confidential information in the patent applications. .

*327Pending before this Court is defendant’s motion to dismiss, or,…