BOSTON, Nov. 5, 2007 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex)
Shares of iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) Corp. rose Monday after the Burlington, Mass.-based robot developer said a U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted iRobot's request for preliminary injunction in a trade secrets lawsuit against former employee Jameel Ahed and his company, Robotic FX Inc.

