VEKAMAF HOLLAND B.V. v. PIPE BENDERS, INC.

No. 81-1686.

696 F.2d 608 (1982)

VEKAMAF HOLLAND B.V., Cojafex B.V., and Inkamaf B.V., Appellants, v. PIPE BENDERS, INC., Modern Constructors of Duluth, Minnesota, Inc., Marvin W. Meierhoff and Robert M. Meierhoff, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1982.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Flynn, John E. Haley, Richard E. Young, Sidley & Austin, Washington, D.C., Robert K. McCarthy, Donovan, McCarthy, Crassweller, Larson & Magie, Duluth, Minn., for appellants.

John D. Gould, Douglas A. Strawbridge, Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt, P.A., Minneapolis, Minn., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, ROSS, and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a lengthy and involved action for breach of a written secrecy agreement, patent infringement, and misappropriation of trade secrets. The underlying dispute involves machines utilizing a continuous inductive heating method of bending large diameter metal pipes.1

Plaintiffs (hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as "Vekamaf") are three Dutch companies engaged in the design, production...

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