Order would bar Carrier from using Memphis inventor's product testing system
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Carrier Corp. will be barred from using a quality testing system created by a Memphis software engineer on its assembly lines, a federal judge says.U.S. District Judge Jon P. McCalla issued a permanent injunction Tuesday ordering Carrier to stop using software and a database that a jury this summer deemed to be trade secrets of Stephen Olita’s company ECIMOS.Carrier spokeswoman Ashley Barrie said Wednesday, “We have received the court’s ruling and will comply with the order while reserving our legal rights.The electrical engineer developed a software system that automated quality testing at a number of air conditioning plants around the country, including Rheem and Johnson Controls.Gibson and his partner Neal Perryman, whose case experience includes music copyright infringement, represented Olita.