Unilogic, Inc. v. Burroughs Corp.
Opinion
Opinion
Elia, J.
On appeal, plaintiff Unilogic, Inc., challenges the trial court’s allowance of defendant Burroughs Corporation’s equitable defense of unclean hands to Unilogic’s legal action for conversion and the trial court’s submission of the defense to the jury. We conclude that the court properly permitted the defense and did not abuse its discretion in submitting the matter to the jury.
On cross-appeal, Burroughs contends the trial court erred in granting Unilogic’s motions for judgment on the pleadings on Burroughs’s fraud claim and for nonsuit on Burroughs’s claim of misappropriation of trade secrets. We conclude we have no jurisdiction to review the judgment on the pleadings. We affirm the nonsuit.
Factual Background and Procedural History
Unilogic’s predecessor, OSM Computer Corporation, proposed a joint development project to Burroughs in the fall of 1984. In November 1985, the parties reached an agreement under which OSM agreed to develop five prototypes of a personal computer (PC) capable of running both MS-DOS, the operating system used in IBM-compatible PC’s, and BTOS, a Burroughs proprietary operating system.