ENERGYSOLUTIONS SUES KURION, FORMER EMPLOYEES

EnergySolutions filed a lawsuit yesterday against Kurion and two former EnergySolutions employees now employed by Kurion “to enforce contractual and intellectual property rights related to EnergySolutions’ waste treatment and vitrification technologies,” which EnergySolutions believes to be proprietary, the company wrote in a release. The lawsuit names Kurion founder and President John Raymont as well as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Mark Denton as having “misappropriated and are using, marketing and disclosing EnergySolutions’ confidential and proprietary technology in violation contractual obligations, fiduciary duties and intellectual property laws,” according to a March 6 statement. Specifically, EnergySolutions seeks to halt distribution and use of technologies involving radioactive isotope removal from liquid using isotope specific media, and vitrification of the separated isotopes with the media. "Our intellectual property rights are core assets that have positioned EnergySolutions as an industry leader," David Lockwood, president and CEO of EnergySolutions, said in a statement. "We are committed to protecting the significant investments we have made into our innovative technologies. We will pursue former employees who misappropriate EnergySolutions proprietary technologies."