Case problem 8-5 trade secrets
Theories: Appropriation, Appropriation of Trade Secrets, Wrongful Interference with a Contractual Relationship
3. The business tort of wrongful interference with a contractual relationship is broken in the case of Briefing.com v. Jones court case. The particular issue in this case is in March of 2003 after Cynthia Dietzmann and Gregory Jones quit Briefing.com to start StreetAccount, LLC, was the information and data not returned by Cynthia Dietzmann used to form a competing business.
The tort of appropriation was broken in the case of Briefing.com v. Jones court case. The issue in this case is SteetAccount, LLC, using the data and information to create an economic competitive advantage on Briefing.com.
The appropriation of trade secrets law was also broken in the case of Briefing.com v. Jones court case. The particular issue in this case is was the data and information not returned by Cynthia Dietzmann used to start a new competitive business in StreetAccount, LLC.
A way to solve the issue of wrongful interference with a contractual relationship would be to determine if there was a contract among the Briefing.com employees that states if they are fired or quit from the company, those employees are to return and/or not to use any data or information they received to and use them at another business.
A way to solve the tort of appropriation is to identify that the data and information taken was used at StreetAccount, LLC, was used in the benefit of the new company.
A way to solve the appropriation of trade secrets law issue is to investigate that the data and information not returned by Cynthia Dietzmann, were revealed to employees at the StreetAccount, LLC.
The research defines proximate cause for filing a suit against StreetAccount, LLC, would be misuse of trade secrets because Gregory Jones was a member of its board of directors while working at Briefing.com for six years and Cynthia Dietzmann also worked