Patio Enclosures, Inc. v. Herbst

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying a preliminary injunction sought by the plaintiff company in a dispute with a former employee who is claimed to have misused trade secrets and to have violated a covenant not to compete. Concluding that the findings of fact on which the district court based its decision are not clearly erroneous, and concluding further that the court’s denial of interlocutory injunctive relief does not represent an abuse of discretion, we shall affirm the challenged order.

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The plaintiff, Patio Enclosures, Inc., is an Ohio corporation that…