Legal Opinion
Contour Design Inc v. Chance Mold Steel Company Ltd
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 4, 2012No. 12-1110, 12-1185PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
In this trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract case, defendant Chance Mold Steel Co. (“Chance”) 1 appeals from a permanent injunction and from a jury award of damages. The injunction, based on a finding of contract breach, prohibits Chance from selling, displaying, manufacturing, or assisting others in manufacturing a number of ergonomic computer mouse products. 2 We use the shorthand “selling” or “sale” to refer to the injunction’s operative terms. The injunction barred sale of specific products that were materially identical to products Chance had previously…
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