On January 30, 2013, Judge Means of the Northern District of Texas issued an order (available here) denying Bell Helicopter’s motion for preliminary injunction, which had sought to preliminary enjoin defendant Vector Aerospace from selling certain removable components of the B407 fuselage repair fixture located at Vector’s Langley, British Columbia facility.
Judge Means concluded, among other things, that Bell Helicopter had not met its burden of establishing a likelihood of success on the merits with respect to its claims for misappropriation and conversion of the relevant components or its corresponding claims for breach of contract.
Bell Helicopter is represented by John Proctor, David Chant, Vince Cruz, all of Brown Dean Wiseman Proctor Hart & Howell; and Phillip Sechler, of Williams & Connolly LLP.
Vector Aerospace is represented by Thad Dameris, Corey Roush, and John Robertson, all of Hogan Lovells US LLP; and David Keltner, of Kelly Hart & Hallman.