This case settled with the parties agreeing to an injunction barring Satra from disclosing EPI's trade secrets or selling any product based on them. EPI alleged commercial damages and interference with its business relationship with Neuro-Fitness Health Directions.

In 2005, plaintiff Electromedical Products International Inc., a Texas-based medical device maker, sued Health Directions Inc. and Neuro-Fitness, LLC, medical device makers and former distributors of EPI's products, for allegedly manufacturing and selling devices based on EPI's trade secrets.

In February 2007, the case was settled. It was established during discovery that, in 2005, Neuro-Fitness was granted a license by electrical engineer Stephen Satra to produce the product in dispute, with Satra named as the developer of the product. Neuro-Fitness and Health Directions also entered into a joint venture agreement in which they shared Satra's product and manufactured the device together.
EPI sued Satra, alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, conspiracy, tortuous interference and unfair competition. EPI claimed that Satra conspired with Neuro-Fitness and Health Directions to duplicate EPI's proprietary technology.
Satra, a resident of Sebastopol, Calif., did not respond to the suit.
EPI sought an injunction barring Satra from disclosing the subject trade secrets or selling any product based on the secrets.

United States District Court, Northern District, Fort Worth

PUBLISHED IN: VerdictSearch Texas Reporter Vol. 8, Issue 7