Legal Opinion
Covidien LP v. Esch
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 6, 2019No. Civil Action No. 16-12410-NMGPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nathaniel M. Gorton, United States District Judge
This dispute arises out of alleged breaches of two agreements between Covidien LP and Covidien Holding Inc. ("plaintiffs" or "Covidien"), on the one hand, and Brady Esch ("defendant" or "Esch"), Covidien's former employee, on the other. Plaintiffs allege defendant breached an employment agreement and a separation agreement 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. Pending before the Court are the parties' cross-motions for…
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