Vendo Company v. Long

Mobley, Justice.

The Yendo Company brought an equitable petition against one of its former employees seeking to enjoin him from engaging in a line of business in competition with the plaintiff, and by amendment seeking to enjoin the disclosure or use of certain alleged trade secrets and confidential information acquired by the defendant while in the plaintiff’s employ, the action being predicated upon an alleged contract signed by the defendant the material parts of which are as follows: “If, as a result of my being Associate, I become familiar with some of its trade secrets, experimental…