Legal Opinion
Gillette Co. v. Provost
Massachusetts Superior Court
Decided May 5, 2016No. 1584CV00149BLS2Published
1Opinion of the Court
Salinger, Kenneth W., J.
The Gillette Company is unhappy that one of its former in-house patent lawyers, Chester Cekala, is now working for a competitor. The original complaint alleged that four other Gillette employees went to work for ShaveLogic, Inc., and took with them trade secrets or other confidential information belonging to Gillette. Gillette has amended its complaint to add claims that (i) Cekala is breaching his ongoing fiduciary duties to his former client by helping ShaveLogic compete with Gillette,1 (ii) ShaveLogic’s chief executive officer (Robert Wilson) and president (Duwayne…
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