Dow Chemical Co. v. American Bromine Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Searl (Kelly S.), J., presiding. Bill by the Dow Chemical Company against the American Bromine Company and another to enjoin the manufacture of certain chemicals. From a decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
(after stating the facts). It is first asserted broadly on behalf of defendants and appellants that no trade secret in the legal sense ever existed in plaintiff’s plant. On the other hand, it is claimed by counsel for plaintiff that the various apparatus and processes used by the plaintiff in securing its product, in the particulars pointed out in the decree (the use of which, by said decree, was denied defendant) were *286secret. The following precautions, alleged to have been taken by plaintiff to insure secrecy in and about its plant, are relied upon by plaintiff:
“By surrounding by fences,…
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