Mealey's (April 4, 2019, 2:03 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 1 held that a federal judge did not err in preliminarily enjoining franchisees from operating or taking part in any business that competes with or is similar to an ice cream parlor franchise with which the franchisees had franchise agreements based on the franchisor’s claim for trade secret misappropriation because the franchisor demonstrated a strong likelihood of success on the merits of its trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract claims (Handel’s Enterprises Inc. v. Kenneth S. Schulenburg, et al., No. 18-3596, 6th Cir.)....