Claim of Whitney v. Wyandotte Chemical Co.

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• holding that misappropriation of customer lists, although not considered trade secrets, nevertheless states cause of action under unfair competition
• even where an employee’s physical taking of an employer’s customer lists does not rise to the level of trade secrets, it may nevertheless form the basis for a cause of action for unfair competition
• “where customer lists do not rise to the level of trade secrets, an employee’s ‘physical taking’ or ‘studied copying’ of such lists may, nevertheless, form the basis of a cause of action for unfair competition.”
• “where customer lists do not rise to the level of trade secrets, an employee’s ‘physical taking’ or ‘studied copying’ of such lists may, nevertheless, form the basis of a cause of action for unfair competition”
• “[W]here customer lists do not rise to the level of trade secrets, an employee's ‘physical taking’ or ‘studied copying’ of such lists may, nevertheless, form the basis for a cause of action for unfair competition.”
• “However, where customer lists do not rise to the level of trade secrets, an employee’s “physical taking” or “studied copying” of such lists may, nevertheless, form the basis for a cause of action for unfair competition.”

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