Legal Opinion
PI, Inc. v. Valcour Imprinted Papers, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 27, 1979No. 78 Civ. 3590PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
From May, 1969 through February, 1975 Frederick Collins was employed by PI, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation that manufactures and sells polyethylene foam. As a condition of his employment, Collins promised not to disclose at any time any confidential information obtained in the course of his employment, and not to compete with PI, directly or indirectly, for three years after the termination of his employment.
In 1973 PI developed a secret method for extruding polyethylene foam that was lighter than the foam then available from other producers. In 1975 Collins left PI…
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