Legal Opinion
Vector Research, Inc. v. Howard & Howard Attorneys P.C.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1996No. 94-3875PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBailey Brown, J., joined by Moore, J.,
DAVID A. NELSON, J. (pp. 701-702), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
BAILEY BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from a dispute between two rival manufacturers of anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs), more commonly known as crash test dummies. First Technology Safety Systems, Inc. (FTSS), asserting that Vector Research, Inc. (Vector) had violated the Copyright Act, had stolen trade secrets, and had violated employee confidentiality agreements, obtained an ex parte order authorizing the seizure of certain allegedly infringing materials and other evidence…
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