205 CORP. v. Brandow

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that common-law definitions of trade secrets are inappropriate because “the words of the statute are plain and unambiguous”
• holding that “Chapter 550 has not preempted all tort theories involving trade secrets”
• holding that “Chapter 550 has not preempted all tort theories involving trade secrets”
• holding that the Iowa Uniform Trade Secrets Act did not preempt all tort theories of recovery and allowing claims of both misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of duty not to disclose confidential information
• noting that sections 550.4 and 550.5 provide for damages or injunctions as recourse for misappropriation of trade secrets, respectively, and also quoting the statute’s definition of trade secrets in 550.2(4)
• stating that the crust recipe for a pizza place was considered a trade secret even though the recipe was disclosed to all employees because such disclosure was reasonable under the circumstances

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Revere Transducers, Inc. v. Deere & Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1999-06-03· cited 57×
• Olson v. Nieman's, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1998-05-28· cited 56×
• Uncle B's Bakery, Inc. v. O'ROURKE
  N.D. Iowa· 1996-04-01· cited 37×
• Matlock v. Weets
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-04-26· cited 29×
• Opat v. Ludeking
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2003-07-16· cited 28×
• Wachovia Securities, L.L.C. v. Stanton
  N.D. Iowa· 2008-08-05· cited 26×
• Interbake Foods, L.L.C. v. Tomasiello
  N.D. Iowa· 2006-11-13· cited 24×
• Bear v. Iowa District Court for Tama County
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-11-22· cited 23×
• NCMIC Finance Corporation v. Artino
  S.D. Iowa· 2009-07-28· cited 22×
• Upon the Petition of Kent D. Langholz
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2016-12-02· cited 13×
• Sioux Biochemical, Inc. v. Cargill, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 2005-04-11· cited 12×
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  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2012-07-27· cited 12×
• Sun Media Systems, Inc. v. KDSM, LLC
  S.D. Iowa· 2008-07-01· cited 10×
• American Express Financial Advisors, Inc. v. Yantis
  N.D. Iowa· 2005-02-28· cited 10×
• Anderson v. Anderson Tooling, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2019-05-31· cited 10×
• REG Seneca, LLC v. Harden
  S.D. Iowa· 2013-04-09· cited 4×
• Titan International, Inc. v. Bridgestone Firestone North America Tire, LLC
  S.D. Iowa· 2010-01-29· cited 3×
• S & W Agency, Inc. v. Foremost Insurance
  N.D. Iowa· 1998-01-21· cited 3×
• Seneca Companies v. Becker
  S.D. Iowa· 2015-09-17· cited 2×
• Seneca Waste Solutions, Inc. v. D & K Managing Consultants, LLC D/B/A Motor City Plant Services, Keith Koskela, and Mps Group, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2015-02-11

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• American Can Company v. Ishwar Mansukhani, D/B/A Brand Associates, and Ruth Brand, D/B/A Brand Associates, and Brand M, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-08-10· cited 155×
• Basic Chemicals, Inc. v. Benson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-03-16· cited 91×
• Team Central, Inc. v. Teamco, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1978-11-22· cited 62×
• Ellwood v. Mid States Commodities, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1987-04-15· cited 34×
• Clark-Peterson Co. v. Independent Insurance Associates, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-04-20· cited 28×
• Foods, Inc. v. Leffler
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-04-14· cited 20×
• Televation Telecommunication Systems, Inc. v. Saindon
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-04-28· cited 18×
• Price v. King
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1966-11-15· cited 17×
• Ragee v. Archbold Ladder Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-06-19· cited 10×
• Peggy Lawton Kitchens, Inc. v. Hogan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-01-09· cited 8×