Water Management, Inc. v. Stayanchi

Appellants’ propositions of law essentially maintain that the laboratory analyses and preliminary engineering reports compiled by appellee were not trade secrets; and that the trial court’s finding that no trade secrets were involved was not against the manifest weight of the evidence.

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The decision of the court of appeals suggests that appellants have engaged in unfair competition and have disclosed trade secrets of their former employer. There is a functional difference between unfair competition and disclosure of trade secrets. Unfair competition ordinarily consists of representations by…