Select Research Ltd. v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al.

Background

Select Research Ltd. sued Amazon.com, Inc. and other defendants. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss. The judgment states that the court’s decision was based on the reasons in an Opinion and Order dated September 2, 2025.

Claims and amendment history

The judgment refers to dismissed claims for trade-secret and idea misappropriation, breach of NDA 2, fraud, unjust enrichment, tortious interference, and conversion. It states that the court had previously allowed Select Research to amend its original complaint in response to an earlier motion to dismiss. The court had also warned that Select Research would not receive another opportunity to amend the complaint to address issues raised by that motion. The judgment further states that Select Research did not request permission to amend again or identify facts that would cure the pleading problems.

Ruling

The defendants’ motion to dismiss was granted, and the complaint was dismissed in its entirety. The court also declined to grant Select Research permission to amend the complaint on its own initiative. The judgment states that problems with many of the dismissed claims were substantive and that amendment would be futile. Judgment was entered for the defendants, and the case was closed.

Classification

This is a procedural order because the court dismissed the complaint on a motion to dismiss, a threshold pleading ruling, rather than an adversarial decision establishing liability on the underlying claims.