ST. LOUIS — A company is suing a licensed insurance agent, citing alleged breach of contract.
The Revolution FMO LLC, also known as The Revolution Mo LLC, filed a complaint Aug. 7 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Eastern Division against Marvin Mitchell, alleging that the defendant violated the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 and the Missouri Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that on May 1, Mitchell published a book that was allegedly a copy of and/or derivative of plaintiff's materials. Despite having an affiliation agreement to serve as an agent, the plaintiff claims its confidential database of documents and copyrighted works, including documents detailing its trade secret business methods, were downloaded and discussed during Mitchell's seminars without its consent.
The plaintiff holds Mitchell responsible because the defendant allegedly failed to comply with the agreement by continuing to use, perform, publish and disseminate the plaintiff's confidential and proprietary information without a license, authorization or consent.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks an order requiring all copies of Mitchell’s book containing The Revolution’s copyrighted works to be impounded and destroyed and for the defendant to pay for damages, costs and further relief as the court deems equitable. The plaintiff is represented by Eric M. Trelz and Jessica M. Mendez of Armstrong Teasdale LLP in St. Louis and Ruthann Granito of Ruthann Granito Esquire, PC in New York City.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Eastern Division case number 4:17-cv-02220-HEA