MORRIS v. SCENERA RESEARCH, LLC

No. 429PA13.

788 S.E.2d 154 (2016)

368 N.C. 857

Robert Paul MORRIS, v. SCENERA RESEARCH, LLC and Ryan C. Fry

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed June 10, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young Moore and Henderson P.A., Raleigh, by Walter E. Brock, Jr. , Andrew P. Flynt , and Patrick M. Aul , for plaintiff-appellee/appellant.

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Raleigh, by Catharine B. Arrowood , Scott E. Bayzle , and Catherine R.L. Lawson , for defendant-appellants/appellees.

Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, by Richard A. Coughlin , Greensboro, and Matthew Nis Leerberg , Raleigh, for North Carolina Chamber of Commerce, North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, and North Carolina State University, amici curiae.

Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., Charlotte, by John R. Wester and Thomas Holderness , for Qualcomm Incorporated, Qualcomm Technologies, Incorporated, Cisco Systems, Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Cree, Inc., amici curiae.


This appeal arises out of a compensation and intellectual property dispute between Robert Paul Morris ("plaintiff") and his former employer Scenera Research, LLC and its CEO Ryan Fry (collectively, "defendants"). In 2004, Stanley Fry, defendant Ryan Fry's father, hired plaintiff as Scenera's first employee. The parties did not...

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