Genesis 1 Oil Services LLC v. Wismann Group, LLC

I. BACKGROUND

This action concerns a dispute over the rights to a novel oil technology to clean and reclaim oil while minimizing toxic waste and carbon dioxide emissions. Plaintiff Genesis 1 Oil Services, Inc. (“Genesis”) is a limited liability company formed in September 2019 by Plaintiffs Tivoli, Inc. (“Tivoli”) and Slingshot People, LLC (“Slingshot”), and Defendants William Wismann (“Wismann”) and Wismann Group, LLC (“WG”). (First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) ¶ 1; Smith Decl. ¶ 12, Doc. 25-5.) In 2017, Defendant Wismann and Jimmy Smith, the Chief Manager for Genesis and a manager of Slingshot, discussed Wismann’s project involving the Oil Separation ______________________________________________________________________________

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 8:20-cv-02114-JLS-ADS Date: March 23, 2021 Title: Genesis 1 Oil Services LLC et al v. Wismann Group, LLC et al

Technology (“OST”). The OST is a technology for cleaning and reclaiming oil in an “economical and environmentally-friendly…