Dekar Industries, Inc. v. The Bissett-Berman Corporation

434 F.2d 1304 168 U.S.P.Q. 71 DEKAR INDUSTRIES, INC., a California corporation, A & E Plastik Pak Co., Inc., a California corporation, Joseph Dekel and Yehochai Schneider, Appellants, v. The BISSETT-BERMAN CORPORATION, a California corporation, Appellee. No. 25117. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Nov. 19, 1970, Rehearing Denied Dec. 17, 1970. Meyer Berkowitz (argued), Beverly Hills, Cal., Edmond F. Shanahan, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants. Ellsworth R. Roston (argued), of Smyth, Roston & Pavitt, Charles H. Schwartz, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee. Before HAMLEY and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges, and PLUMMER, * District judge. KOELSCH, Circuit Judge. 1 Appeal from an order of the district court granting plaintiff (appellee herein) a preliminary injunction restraining defendants (appellants) from misusing plaintiff's alleged trade secrets pending determination of plaintiff's combined actions for unfair competition and patent infringement. 1 2 Paragraph numbered '(4)' of the preliminary injunction describes plaintiff's trade secrets as methods and techniques of manufacture of electrolytic cells (coulometers) in quantity and with reliable characteristics. The…