Leo Silfen, Inc. v. Cream

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1972-01-12

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Breitel, J. In an action for damages and to enjoin a discharged employee from soliciting his former employers’ customers, defendants appeal. The issue is whether the employers’ investment of time and money in accumulating a list of approximately 15,000 customers, most being readily ascertainable in the trade as likely users of plaintiffs’ services, entitles the list to trade secret protection. After a nonjury t…

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