Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc. v. Weaver

Since I feel that the majority has unduly limited the legitimate area of protection by a covenant not to compete, I must dissent. I do not consider the distinctions made between this case and Orkin Exterminating Co. v. Murrell, 212 Ark. 449, 206 S.W. 2d 185 to afford adequate basis to justify failure to apply its principles.

The “trade secrets” or confidential information involved here is far different from that in Rector-Phillips-Morse v. Vroman, 213 Ark. 750, 489 S.W. 2d 1. There this court said that a trade secret may be defined as a secret formula, method, or device that gives one an…