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Matter

Rowan Instruments, Inc. v. Delacourt Systems LLC

Injunction denied
Court
E.D. Pa.
Docket
No. 2:22-cv-01184
Filed
2022
Closed
2023

Whether a calibration dataset was identified with enough particularity to enjoin anyone.

Injunction denied from the bench. The case settled seven months later. Appearing for the defendant.

Docket sheet

Seven days to the first ruling

6 entries out of 52, with the clerk's own numbering kept.

  1. 12022-03-28plaintiffComplaint with motion for a temporary restraining order
  2. 92022-04-04courtTemporary restraining order denied; expedited discovery ordered
  3. 242022-05-16defendantResponse opposing the preliminary injunction
  4. 312022-06-09courtTwo-day evidentiary hearing held
  5. 382022-06-10courtPreliminary injunction denied from the bench
  6. 522023-01-17plaintiffStipulation of dismissal with prejudice

The argument

Identification, not intent

The case was decided on what the plaintiff could name, and it was named at the hearing.

  1. We asked the plaintiff's own engineer to name the columns in the dataset he said were secret. He named four, and three of them shipped in the product manual.

    No. 2:22-cv-01184 (E.D. Pa. 2023)

    Rowan Instruments, Inc. v. Delacourt Systems LLC

    Hearing transcript, day two.

  2. The temporary restraining order was denied in seven days. That is the window where a trade-secret case is decided.

    No. 2:22-cv-01184 (E.D. Pa. 2023)

    Rowan Instruments, Inc. v. Delacourt Systems LLC

    Docket entry 9, seven days after filing.

Disposition

Denied, then dismissed

Injunction denied

Injunction denied from the bench. The case settled seven months later.

Docket entries kept
6
Filing to dismissal
10 months

Rowan Instruments, Inc. v. Delacourt Systems LLC, No. 2:22-cv-01184 (E.D. Pa. 2023)

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