Leo Silfen, Inc. v. Cream

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, for example, a physical taking of customer lists might give rise to a claim for breach of fiduciary duty
• stating courts have not hesitated to protect files as trade secrets where they are secured by years of effort and advertising effected by the expenditure of substantial time and money
• in light of ease of plaintiff’s development of its trade secret customer list, a permanent injunction of three months was found sufficient
• Wrongful or fraudulent tactics employed by defendant in soliciting plaintiffs customers may be enjoined as unfair competition and a court may award damages
• “[W]here the customers are not known in the trade or are discoverable only by extraordinary efforts courts have not hesitated to protect customer lists and files as trade secrets.”
• “A trade secret, like any other secret, is nothing more than private matter; something known to only one or a few and kept from the general public; and not susceptible to general knowledge.”

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• North Atlantic Instruments, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. Fred Haber and Apex Signal Corp., Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants
  Second Circuit· 1999-08-09· cited 200×
• Columbia Ribbon & Carbon Manufacturing Co. v. A-1-A Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1977-10-18· cited 160×
• Defiance Button MacHine Company v. C & C Metal Products Corp. And Defiance Button MacHine Company, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1985-04-04· cited 123×
• Amoco Production Co. v. Laird
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1993-10-21· cited 91×
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  Second Circuit· 1984-03-06· cited 76×
• Pure Power Boot Camp, Inc. v. Warrior Fitness Boot Camp, LLC
  S.D. New York· 2011-09-12· cited 76×
• McLaughlin v. Nolan
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1986-02-03· cited 62×
• Walter Karl, Inc. v. Wood
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1988-05-09· cited 60×
• Amex Distributing Co., Inc. v. Mascari
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1986-07-03· cited 53×
• Poller v. BioScrip, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2013-09-25· cited 51×
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers v. Reber-Friel Company
  Second Circuit· 1982-06-28· cited 50×
• Ivy Mar Co., Inc. v. CR Seasons Ltd.
  E.D. New York· 1995-10-02· cited 50×
• Family Affair Haircutters, Inc. v. Detling
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1985-04-15· cited 49×
• Surgidev Corp. v. Eye Technology, Inc.
  D. Minnesota· 1986-11-17· cited 47×
• Greenwich Mills Co. v. Barrie House Coffee Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1983-02-14· cited 47×
• Microbiological Research Corp. v. Muna
  Utah Supreme Court· 1981-01-22· cited 38×
• Barbagallo v. Marcum LLP
  E.D. New York· 2011-10-25· cited 37×
• Hancock v. Essential Resources, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1992-04-28· cited 34×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Duane Jones Co. v. Burke
  New York Court of Appeals· 1954-01-07· cited 198×
• Purchasing Associates, Inc. v. Weitz
  New York Court of Appeals· 1963-12-30· cited 160×
• Van Products Co. v. General Welding & Fabricating Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-10-13· cited 135×
• S. W. Scott & Co. v. Scott
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1919-02-21· cited 59×
• People's Coat, Apron & Towel Supply Co. v. Light
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1916-01-14· cited 42×
• Witkop v. Boyce
  New York Supreme Court· 1908-11-15· cited 42×
• Boosing v. Dorman
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1912-01-24· cited 30×
• Grand Union Tea Co. v. Dodds
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1910-12-22· cited 21×
• United Insurance Company of America v. Dienno
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1965-12-15· cited 19×
• Witkop & Holmes Co. v. Boyce
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1909-03-15· cited 19×
• Abdallah v. Crandall
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1948-01-07· cited 18×
• Goldberg v. Goldberg
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1923-05-11· cited 13×
• Federal Laundry Co. v. Zimmerman
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1922-03-30· cited 10×
• McLean v. Hubbard
  New York Supreme Court· 1959-12-28· cited 8×
• Cupid Diaper Service v. Adelman
  New York Supreme Court· 1961-01-30· cited 4×

Other cases named Leo Silfen, Inc. v. Cream

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Leo Silfen, Inc. v. Cream
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1971-07-06· cited 1×