Legal Opinion
Burbank Grease Services, LLC v. Sokolowski
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided July 13, 2006No. 2004AP468PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPatience Drake Roggensack, J.
¶ 1. This case requires us to determine whether the trade secret statute, Wis. Stat. § 134.90 (2003-04),1 precludes all civil law remedies based on the misappropriation of confidential information that falls outside of the statutory definition of a trade secret. We also determine whether Wis. Stat. § 943.70(2) criminalizes the subsequent misappropriation of confidential information when the information was lawfully obtained. We conclude that § 134.90(6)(a) does not preclude all other civil remedies based on the misappropriation of confidential information, if the information does not meet the…
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