Henco, Inc. v. Jeffrey C. Brown, and Jerry Daniels, D/B/A Custom Services

WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Jeffrey C. Brown, like the archetypal salesman Willie Loman, rode on a smile and a shoeshine. 1 Brown, however, was so successful in selling his employer’s products that it named him “rookie of the year” and implored him to reveal the secrets of his success to its entire sales force. Brown’s employer, Princeton Corporation, produced or purchased items and services that nonprofit organizations such as schools, parent-teacher associations, and booster clubs offer when conducting door-to-door sales campaigns to raise money. Brown was humbled, however,…