Inevitable disclosure
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Inevitable disclosure is a legal doctrine
through which an employer can use trade secret
law to enjoin a former employee from working in a job that would inevitably result in the use of trade secrets.
Legal doctrine
A legal doctrine is a framework, set of rules, procedural steps, or test, often established through precedent in the common law, through which judgments can be determined in a given legal case. A doctrine comes about when a judge makes a ruling where a process is outlined and applied, and allows...
through which an employer can use trade secret
Trade secret
A trade secret is a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not generally known or reasonably ascertainable, by which a business can obtain an economic advantage over competitors or customers...
law to enjoin a former employee from working in a job that would inevitably result in the use of trade secrets.
External links
- Inevitable Disclosure of Trade Secrets by Ivan Hoffman
- The Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine - A Necessary And Precise Tool For Trade Secret Law by Cameron G. Shilling