Accuimage Diagnostics Corp. v. Terarecon, Inc.

Good Law

260 F. Supp. 2d 941·2003 WL 1923774·2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12860

United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaApril 18, 2003C 02-5029 MHPCalifornia8,211 words

Opinion

Patel, J.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS

Plaintiff Acculmage Diagnostics Corp. (“Acculmage”) brought this action against defendants TeraReeon, Inc. (“TeraRecon”), Robert Taylor (“Taylor”), Douglas Boyd (“Boyd”), Motoaki Saito (“Saito”), and others alleging false advertising and trade dress infringement in violation of the Lanham Act, unfair competition, common law and statutory misappropriation of trade secrets, conspiracy, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, intentional and negligent interference with economic advantage, and unjust enrichment. Defendants TeraRecon, Boyd and Saito filed a joint motion to dismiss and defendant Boyd filed a separate motion to dismiss all claims against him. Now before the court are defendants’ motions to dismiss.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Acculmage and defendant TeraRecon are corporations engaged in the development of software for the medical imaging applications business.

In 1996, Acculmage began developing its AccuView Diagnostic Imaging Workstation (“AccuView”), which is a computer software system for the management and post-processing of medical imaging data from various devices, including CT scans and other imaging modalities. In 1999,…

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