Schulenburg v. Signatrol, Inc.

This case arises from this court’s decision in Schulenburg v. Signatrol, Inc., 33 I11.2d 379. It will be helpful to review briefly that matter in order to facilitate understanding of the issues presented here.

Time-O-Matic Corporation, a plaintiff, is engaged in the production and sale of flashers. A flasher is a device which actuates and regulates the lights in electric signs in such a manner as to animate the sign according to a predetermined program. The individual defendants, while employed by the Time-O-Matic Corporation, traced or memorized confidential particularized information…