Legal Opinion
Eastern Marble Products Corp. v. Roman Marble, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 23, 1977PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
The plaintiff Eastern Marble Products Corp. (Eastern Marble) brought a bill in equity to enjoin Irving Cann and Robert E. McEachern, Jr., former employees of Eastern Marble, from using or disclosing Eastern Marble’s trade secrets involved in the manufacture of synthetic (“cultured”) marble sinks.
A judge of the Superior Court ruled that the process of manufacturing cultured marble sinks was not a trade secret. He also ruled that the process of manufacturing two-tone one-piece sinks, with the top one color and the bowl another color, was a trade secret. Based on the finding of an “express…
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3Cited by32 opinions
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