Thomas & Betts Corp. v. Panduit Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schenberg v. Bond · Cenco Incorporated v. Seidman & Seidman · 182 Ill. 2d 12 - Buckner v. Atlantic Plant Maintenance, Inc. · PepsiCo, Inc. v. Redmond · Composite Marine Propellers, Inc. v. Van Der Woude
Most-quoted passages
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“the ITSA does not, as PlayWood contends, simply preempt common law claims for which misappropriation of a trade secret is an element. Rather, the provision eliminated common law claims based on conduct which might support an ITSA action. In other words, if the operative facts are arguably cognizable under the ITSA, any common law claim that might have been available on those facts in the past now no longer exists in Illinois. This strict interpretation is fatal to PlayWood’s idea misappropriation and unjust enrichment counterclaims”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“abolishe[s] all common law theories of misuse of confidential information .... Unless defendants misappropriated a (statutory) trade secret, they did no legal wrong.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“to the extent they are based on a misappropriation of trade secrets”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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