ECT INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. ZWERLEIN

No. 98-2041.

228 Wis.2d 343 (1999)

597 N.W.2d 479

ECT INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Wisconsin corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John ZWERLEIN, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of John A. Busch and Katherine W. Schill of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Victor E. Plantinga of Blumenfeld, Rose & De Jong, S.C. of Brookfield.

Before Snyder, P.J., Nettesheim and Anderson, JJ.


ANDERSON, J.

ECT International, Inc. (ECTI) challenges the circuit court's grant of summary judgment to its former product manager, John Zwerlein. ECTI contends that Zwerlein misappropriated trade secrets, including knowledge of the workings of "promis.e" software and its customer and prospects lists. We affirm. We hold that a party asserting a protectible trade secret must describe it with sufficient particularity to identify the specific trade secret at risk and...

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