GILLIG v. NIKE, INC.

No. 2009-1415.

602 F.3d 1354 (2010)

John P. GILLIG and Triple Tee Golf, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NIKE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

April 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin K. Silverman, M.K. Silverman & Associates, P.C., of Newark, NJ, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. Of counsel on the brief was Joseph F. Cleveland, Jr., Brackett & Ellis, P.C., of Fort Worth, TX.

Christopher J. Renk, Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., of Chicago, IL, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were J. Pieter van Es and Michael J. Harris. Of counsel on the brief was Michael H. Martin, Cotten Schmidt & Abbott, L.L.P., of Fort Worth, TX.

Before LINN, PLAGER, and DYK, Circuit Judges.


DYK, Circuit Judge.

John P. Gillig ("Gillig") and Triple Tee Golf, Inc. ("Triple Tee") appeal from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The district court dismissed Gillig and Triple Tee's complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The court found that the plaintiffs' trade secrets claim was barred by the statute of limitations and res judicata, and that their inventorship claims were...

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