NIEMI v. NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

No. 07-3536.

543 F.3d 294 (2008)

Richard K. NIEMI, doing business as Richard K. Niemi Design and Engineering Services; and RKN Technology, L.L.C., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NHK SPRING CO., LTD.; NHK International, Ltd.; and New Mather Metals, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robin H. Kyle, Robin H. Kyle, J.D., LL.M., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Patrick F. Hickey, Dykema Gossett, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Robin H. Kyle, Robin H. Kyle, J.D., LL.M., Detroit, Michigan, Donald E. Schlyer, Schlyer & Associates, Merrillville, Indiana, for Appellants. Patrick F. Hickey, Michael A. Little, Dykema Gossett, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: DAUGHTREY and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges; VAN TATENHOVE, District Judge.


McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Richard K. Niemi devised a new method of manufacturing stabilizer bars for automobiles in 1990, a "trade secret." He alleges he disclosed this method to defendant New Mather Metals, Inc., only after entering into an oral confidentiality agreement. Pursuant to this agreement, New Mather was allowed to use the manufacturing process in exchange for its promise to maintain its secrecy and to grant plaintiff the exclusive right to perform...

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