Dutch Cookie MacHine Co. v. Vande Vrede

This is a suit for injunctive relief. In the circuit court the relief sought was granted in part and denied in part. Both plaintiff and defendant have appealed.

The bill of complaint alleged that the defendant while an employee of plaintiff, an alleged copartnership, had obtained knowledge of certain trade secrets and that he is about to engage in a competitive business using those trade secrets in violation of an express agreement existing between plaintiff and defendant. This agreement was entered into September 27, 1933, two years after defendant began working for plaintiff. In part it…