211784P.pdf   05/11/2022  Sleep Number Corporation  v.  Steven Young
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  21-1784
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Kobes, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Civil case - Injunctions. Sleep Number sued defendants asserting ownership 
   of the inventions claimed in certain patent applications and asked the 
   district court to enjoin defendants from further prosecuting or amending 
   the patent applications. The district court granted a preliminary 
   injunction and defendants appeal. The district court did not err in 
   determining that Sleep Number had a fair chance of success on the merits 
   of its claims; nor did the court err in concluding that Sleep Number has 
   demonstrated a threat of irreparable harm in the absence of an injunction; 
   further the remaining factors of balance of the harms and public interest 
   both weighed in favor of Sleep Number.