While Working as a Waiter at Italian Restaurant Owned by Alice,Bill

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Essay

While working as a waiter at Italian restaurant owned by Alice,Bill Cheater copies the restaurant's recipe for lasagna.Alice kept the recipe in her personal recipe booklet marked "personal" on the front,but it was an easy matter for Bill to get it.Alice had taken no other steps to protect the recipe.The restaurant is well known for its lasagna,and customers travel many miles to have it.Bill opens his own restaurant in a different county,advertising lasagna as a specialty.Alice visits the restaurant,finds out that Bill is using her recipe,and sues for misappropriation of her trade secret.Bill says that he didn't violate any law,that no steps were taken to keep the recipe a secret,and that besides,he opened in a different county.Bill says that he wants a court order keeping Alice out of his restaurant.Who will likely win,and what will the remedy be?

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