In Hicklin Engineering V

question 95

Multiple Choice

In Hicklin Engineering v.R.J.Bartell,where Bartell quit working for Hicklin and formed a company that competed with Hicklin,which then sued Bartell for theft of trade secrets,the appeals court held that:

• A)a reasonable jury could find that Bartell knew that some of the data Hicklin provided him was considered trade secrets
• B)a reasonable jury could not find that Bartell knew that some of the data Hicklin provided him was considered trade secrets
• C)a reasonable jury could find that Hicklin knew that some of the data Bartell provided was considered trade secrets
• D)a reasonable jury could find that Bartell knew that some of the data Hicklin provided him was patented
• E)none of the other choices are correct

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