Legal Opinion
USM Corp. v. Marson Fastener Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 28, 1984PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
In USM Corp. v. Marson Fastener Corp., 379 Mass. 90 (1979) (USM Corp. J), we concluded that USM Corporation (USM) had taken sufficient, reasonable steps to preserve the secrecy of trade secret information contained in a machine used in the manufacture of blind rivets so that the trade secret was entitled to protection. We remanded the case for further proceedings which appeared likely to involve (a) consideration of the master’s accounting of profits as to the defendants’ operations in Massachusetts from January 1,1964, to December 31, 1972, and (b) consideration of the defendants’…
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