Petroleum v. Technomedia International, Inc.

Full title: AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE, Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant, v…

Court: United States District Court, D. Columbia

Date published: Mar 31, 2010

Civil Case No. 09-529 (RJL) (D.D.C. Mar. 31, 2010)

Opinion

Civil Case No. 09-529 (RJL).

March 31, 2010

ORDER

RICHARD LEON, District Judge

For the reasons set forth in the Memorandum Opinion, it is this 30th day of March, 2010, hereby

ORDERED that API's Motion to Dismiss Counts 1-3 and 5-6 of Techno Media's Amended Counterclaim Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) [#39] is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part; it is further

ORDERED that Count 1 of the Amended Counterclaim is DISMISSED with prejudice, except as to TechnoMedia's claim that API is wrongfully withholding TechnoMedia's trade secrets; it is further

ORDERED that Counts 2, 3, 5, and 6 of the Amended Counterclaim are DISMISSED with prejudice; it is further

ORDERED that API's Motion to Strike Allegations of the Amended Counterclaim Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(f) [#39] is GRANTED; it is further

ORDERED that all allegations in the Amended Counterclaim concerning any association between API and Ecoman or between API and the Islamic Republic of Iran — including, without limitation, the allegations contained at pages 1-2 and at paragraphs 30-35, 77(d), 80(e), and 87 of the Amended Counterclaim — are hereby STRICKEN; it is further ORDERED that TechnoMedia's Application for Preliminary Injunction [#23] is DENIED; and it is further

ORDERED that TechnoMedia's Motion for Leave to File Deposition Transcript Excerpts of Patrick Quinn in Support of TechnoMedia's Application for Preliminary Injunction [#62] is DENIED.

SO ORDERED.