192206P.pdf   08/14/2020  MPAY Inc.  v.  Erie Custom Computer
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  19-2206
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Wollman and Kobes, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Injunctions. Plaintiff sought a preliminary injunction to 
   halt distribution of the source code for its payroll system software; the 
   district court denied the motion because plaintiff failed to show a 
   likelihood of success on the merits and the other factors to be considered 
   in granting injunctive relief were not in its favor; with respect to 
   success on the merits, the software development and licensing agreement 
   plaintiff signed with its business partner allowed the partner to copy and 
   share the software with the defendant contractors to help them develop 
   enhanced software products called for under the agreement; because the 
   disclosure of the source code was authorized, plaintiff's 
   copyright-infringement and trade secret misappropriation claims fail and 
   it could not show a likelihood of success on the merits; the district 
   court did not err in concluding plaintiff had failed to show irreparable 
   harm; nor did the court err in finding that neither balance of the 
   equities nor the public interest supported issuance of an injunction; 
   remanded for further proceedings on the question of whether the 
   contractors wrongfully sublicensed use of the software.