Interox America v. Ppg Industries, Inc.

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• concluding that one who voluntarily discloses information or fails to take reasonable precautions to insure its secrecy cannot claim that information constituted trade secret
• finding that plaintiff failed to show monetary remedy would be inadequate compensation for any injury allegedly incurred by sale of plant where plaintiff alleged trade secrets would be disclosed and value of its technology diminished
• considering owner’s past conduct of voluntarily giving third-party contractors manuals containing technical information to support conclusion that information not entitled to trade secret protection
• considering owner's past conduct of voluntarily giving third-party contractors manuals containing technical information to support conclusion that information not entitled to trade secret protection
• noting the existence of “the strong public interest . . . in enforcing contracts,” which is achieved by “enforcing contract terms as they were intended by the parties”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).