INNOVATION VENTURES v. CUSTOM NUTRITION LABS.

Nos. 17-1734/1771/1911.

912 F.3d 316 (2018)

INNOVATION VENTURES, LLC, a Michigan Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. CUSTOM NUTRITION LABORATORIES, LLC, Defendant, Nutrition Science Laboratories, LLC, a Texas Limited Liability Company; Alan Jones, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants. Innovation Ventures, LLC, a Michigan Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nutrition Science Laboratories, LLC, a Texas Limited Liability Company; Alan Jones; L.O.D.C. Group Limited; L.O.D.C. Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John J. Bursch , BURSCH LAW PLLC, Caledonia, Michigan, for Innovations Ventures. Baxter W. Banowsky , BANOWSKY & LEVINE, P.C., Dallas, Texas, for Nutrition Science Laboratories, Alan Jones, and L.O.D.C. ON BRIEF: John J. Bursch , BURSCH LAW PLLC, Caledonia, Michigan, Matthew T. Nelson , WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP, Grand Rapids, Michigan, E. Powell Miller , Martha J. Olijnyk , THE MILLER LAW FIRM, P.C., Rochester, Michigan, for Innovations Ventures. Baxter W. Banowsky , BANOWSKY & LEVINE, P.C., Dallas, Texas, for Nutrition Science Laboratories, Alan Jones, and L.O.D.C.

Before: SILER, GRIFFIN, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Some years ago, Plaintiff Innovation Ventures (Innovation), manufacturer of 5-Hour Energy, settled a lawsuit with the now-defunct Custom Nutrition Laboratories (Custom Nutrition) by entering into a noncompete agreement. When Nutrition Science Laboratories (NSL) subsequently purchased Custom Nutrition...

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