iRobot Granted Preliminary Injunction

The Woburn Daily Times Chronicle has reported that iRobot Corp., a Burlington, MA corporation, has been granted a preliminary injunction in the District of Massachusetts in its case against Robotic FX, Inc., and its founder and president, former iRobot employee Jameel Ahed. iRobot is suing Ahed and Robotic for misappropriation of trade secrets.

iRobot’s lawsuit alleges that Robotic used iRobot’s trade secrets to develop the Negotiator, a replica of iRobot’s PackBot robot. iRobot describes the PackBot robots as “robots that perform dull, dirty or dangerous missions in a better way.” The PackBots were the first ground robots to be used in combat by U.S. forces.

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