ANSYS, INC. v. COMPUTATIONAL DYNAMICS N.A.

No. 09-2634.

595 F.3d 75 (2010)

ANSYS, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. COMPUTATIONAL DYNAMICS NORTH AMERICA, LTD.; Doru A. Caraeni, Ph.D., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur A. Glahn, III with whom Cameron G. Shilling, Cathryn E. Vaughn, and McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, Professional Association were on brief for appellant.

Geoffrey J. Vitt with whom Elizabeth K. Rattigan, Vitt & Ratigan, PLC, Michael A. Schlanger, Shelli L. Calland, and Covington & Burling LLP were on brief for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, HOWARD, Circuit Judge, and WOODLOCK, District Judge.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

ANSYS, Inc. ("ANSYS") is a company that produces propriety software in the field of computational fluid dynamics ("CFD"). In August 2009, ANSYS sued its former employee, Dr. Doru Caraeni, and his new employer, Computational Dynamics North America, Ltd. ("CDNA"), in the federal district court for the district of New Hampshire, alleging breach by Dr. Caraeni of the noncompetition and confidentiality clauses in his ANSYS employment contract, interference...

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