PROGRESSIVE PRODUCTS, INC. v. Swartz

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Rosen, J.:

This is an appeal in an action brought under the Kansas Uniform Trade Secrets Act, K.S.A. 60-3320 et seq. The defendants, former employees of the plaintiff Progressive Products, Inc. (PPI), challenge the district court finding that they misappropriated protected trade secrets, and, on review before this court, they additionally challenge the remedial procedure that the Court of Appeals directed.

We summarize the facts as follows. In June 1980, Bob Allison approached Roger Messenger about working with his firm, which coated elbow pipes for…