A company is suing Disney for revealing the technology behind Mission Space that it had partly designed in the beginning.
Disney contracted with Environmental Tectonics, based in Southampton, Pa., in 1998 to design the ride at Epcot at Walt Disney World. Environmental Tectonics, which makes aircrew training systems, designed a ride with gondolas on rotating arms, using its flight-simulator technology. The company claims Disney disclosed its arm design to others, including competitors, without permission.
Environmental Tectonics was unable to complete the project on budget or on time, forcing Disney to take over and negotiate a new deal in November2001, Shiekman said. Nothing Disney later sent to about 20 subcontractors had been identified by Environmental Tectonics as confidential, Shiekman said.
Without knowing all the details of this lawsuit, this appears to be a rather strange one. Oh well, we'll see how it develops.
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