In an unusual move for an equity court, the Delaware Court of Chancery has ordered a defendant to be incarcerated unless he can prove that he did not violate a 2006 injunction that prevented him from working with any products related to polymers he developed while he was employed as a scientist with W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. It is said to be the first time the Chancery Court has ordered an incarceration in more than 100 years, according to sources familiar with the case.
Vice Chancellor Donald F. Parsons Jr. approved the order November 1 inW.L. Gore & Associates v. Wu.
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