KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- APT MotoVox
Group, Inc. ("MotoVox"), announced that it filed a motion yesterday
for a preliminary injunction against Monster Moto and former
employees of MotoVox in the United States District Court for the
Western District of Missouri.
APT MotoVox Group is requesting that the Court enter a
Preliminary Injunction to enjoin Monster Moto, LLC, Olen Rice, Robert A.
Rice, Sr., Jon Umsted, and
Kenneth Francis ("Defendants") from
(1) ongoing infringement of design patents; (2) misappropriation of
trade secrets; (3) breach of contract; and (4) tortious
interference with business expectations.
APT Group seeks the requested injunction to (1) preclude
Defendants from making any further sales of patent Infringing
Products, (2) order Defendants to contact Monster Moto's retail
customers and instruct them to stop their sales and return all
Infringing Products to Monster Moto, (3) order Defendants to stop
all advertising, including all Internet advertising, that depict,
promote, or otherwise mention the above-listed Infringing Products;
(4) order Defendants to refrain from using any of MotoVox's trade
secrets in the design or manufacture of any Infringing Products or
for any purpose whatever; (5) order Defendants to comply with their
contractual obligations set forth in their Service and Employment
Agreements; and (6) order Defendants to refrain from making contact
with any of MotoVox's existing retail customers, with respect to
advertising or selling any Infringing Products.
"MotoVox will not stand by another minute and allow this
injustice to continue," said Wayne
Patterson, CEO of APT MotoVox Group, Inc. "We are
absolute in our resolution to vigorously defend and protect our
intellectual property. We will fight this battle to the end
because we have worked so hard to make the best products in the
marketplace. Our customers, employees and shareholders
deserve nothing less."
The lawsuit filed earlier this month, APT Group, Inc. d/b/a
MotoVox and APT IP Holdings, LLC v. Monster Moto, LLC, Olen Rice, Robert A.
Rice, Sr., Jon Umsted,
Kenneth Francis, and Beck
Salander, contends that former employees of or consultants to
APT Group left the Company to work for or otherwise assist Monster
Moto to manufacture and sell minibikes identical in nearly all
respects to MotoVox products by disclosing trade secrets and
confidential information learned through their association with
MotoVox, breaching contracts with MotoVox, and breaching fiduciary
duties to MotoVox as equity holders.
About APT MotoVox Group, Inc.
APT MotoVox Group, Inc. (OTC BB: MTVX) is a Delaware registered corporation headquartered
in Kansas City and is the holding
company for the MotoVox® motorsport product line, SmartCarb®
patented fuel system, and the Sonic Flow small engine technology
lines (http://www.motovox.com/, and http://www.powerapt.com/).
Contact
William Maher, SVP
APT Group, Inc,
InvRel@motovox.com
Paul Knopick
E & E Communications
940.262.3584
pknopick@eandecommunications.com
SOURCE APT MotoVox Group, Inc.