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DIREX ISRAEL, LTD. v. BREAKTHROUGH MEDICAL CORP.

No. 90-1498.

952 F.2d 802 (1991)

DIREX ISRAEL, LTD.; Direx, Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BREAKTHROUGH MEDICAL CORPORATION; ZVI Porath; Avner Spector, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 24, 1991.

As Amended January 7, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward P. Henneberry, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., argued (Alan M. Grimaldi, John R. Alison, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

John Mel Walker, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C., argued (L. Mark Wine, Robert S. Ryland, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C., Robert Friedman, Zur & Friedman, Ramat Gan, Israel, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before RUSSELL and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and TILLEY, District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.

OPINION

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a grant of a preliminary injunction in favor of the plaintiffs in a trade secrets case. The subject of the controversy is a portable, relatively inexpensive medical device for dissolving kidney and gall stones without surgery.1 The plaintiffs Direx, Inc., a California corporation, and its affiliate Direx, Ltd., an Israeli corporation (hereafter collectively referred...

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