Legal Opinion
Energy Recovery, Inc. v. Hauge
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 20, 2014No. 2013-1515PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACH, Circuit Judge.
Leif J. Hauge appeals the district court’s decision finding him in contempt of that court’s March 19, 2001, Order (the “2001 Order”), which adopted Mr. Hauge and Energy Recovery, Inc.’s (“ERI”) March 16, 2001, Settlement Agreement (the “Agreement”). For the reasons set forth below, this court reverses the contempt finding and vacates the injunction.
Backgeound
The dispute between Mr. Hauge and his former employer, ERI, began more than thirteen years ago over ownership of intellectual property rights related to “pressure exchangers,” a type of energy recovery device used…
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