Legal Opinion
Hicklin Engineering, L.C., Cross-Appellee v. R.J. Bartell and R.J. Bartell & Associates, L.L.C.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 22, 2006No. 05-2282, 05-2302PublishedCited by 207 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Axi-Line Precision Products designs and makes testing equipment for auto and truck transmissions. Since 1998 Axi-Line has been a division of Hicklin Engineering. Between 1993 and 2000 R.J. Bartell, an engineer, worked part-time for Axi-Line. He did not sign a restrictive covenant or confidentiality agreement. After Bartell began a competing business (R.J. Bartell & Associates) that sells transmission testing equipment, Hicklin filed this suit under Wisconsin’s version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Wis. Stat. § 134.90. The parties agreed to final decision by a…
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