Legal Opinion
BPA International, Inc. v. Kingdom of Sweden
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 5, 2003No. CIV.A.1:02-1025 RMCPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COLLYER, District Judge.
David Blackwell and Lisa Renda each own fifty percent (50%) of the stock of BPA International, Inc., a New York corporation that is a consultancy firm specializing in the development of telephone call centers. BPA opened a Swedish branch in 2001. Plaintiffs allege that defendant Validation, A.B., a Swedish corporation (“Validation”), 1 initiated negotiations in October 2001 to acquire BPA’s Swedish branch but used the information gained through those negotiations to learn the business, access confidential materials, and obtain copies of copyrighted…
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