205 CORP. v. Brandow

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• 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

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