American Petroleum Institute v. Technomedia International, Inc.

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: March 31, 2010
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2009-0529
• Status: Published

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

AMERICAN PETROLEUM ) INSTITUTE, ) ) Plain tiff/C 0 un terclaim ) Defendant, ) ) v. ) Civil Case No. 09-529 (RJL) ) TECHNOMEDIA INTERNATIONAL, ) INC., ) ) Defendant/Counterclaim ) Plaintiff. )

ORDER fL.. ---- For the reasons set forth in the Memorandum Opinion, it is this .:sUday of March, 2010, hereby

ORDERED that API's Motion to Dismiss Counts 1-3 and 5-6 of TechnoMedia's Amended Counterclaim Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) [#39] is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part; it is further

ORDERED that Count I of the Amended Counterclaim is DISMISSED with prejudice, except as to TechnoMedia's claim that API is wrongfully withholding TechnoMedia's trade secrets; it is further

ORDERED that Counts 2,3,5, and 6 of the Amended Counterclaim are DISMISSED with prejudice; it is further

ORDERED that API's Motion to Strike Allegations of the Amended Counterclaim Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f) [#39] is GRANTED; it is further

ORDERED that all allegations in the Amended Counterclaim concerning any association between API and Ecoman or between API and the Islamic Republic of Iran- including, without limitation, the allegations contained at pages 1-2 and at paragraphs 30- 35, 77(d), 80(e), and 87 of the Amended Counterclaim-are hereby STRICKEN; it is further ORDERED that TechnoMedia's Application for Preliminary Injunction [#23] is DENIED; and it is further

ORDERED that TechnoMedia's Motion for Leave to File Deposition Transcript Excerpts of Patrick Quinn in Support of TechnoMedia's Application for Preliminary Injunction [#62] is DENIED.

SO ORDERED.

RICHA . EON United States District Judge