In Hicklin Engineering V

question 204

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 Hicklin:

• A)had no suit since the information involved was not protected knowledge
• B)had no suit because Bartell had never been informed that he was privilege to trade secrets
• C)has a suit if it can show what protected information Bartell used
• D)showed theft and would collect treble damages under Wisconsin's Uniform Trade Secrets Act
• E)none of the other choices

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