Non-Compete Agreements and Proprietary Information
Texas is a highly competitive business environment. Texas businesses need to protect their proprietary information and trade secrets from theft – by employees, former employees, independent contractors, and potential business partners.
The business lawyers at Hammerle Finley Law Firm can help. We have represented clients on both sides of the table. We have drafed and reviewed confidentiality agreements, non-competition agreements and proprietary information agreements. We have participated in dispute resolution at all levels – from the simple letter to aggressively litigating temporary restraining orders, temporary injunctions, trials for damages and permanent injunctions.
It can be devastating for a business when its heart and soul is stolen by a greedy employee. Likewise, it can drive an individual to bankruptcy when he is kept from plying his trade by an over-reaching and vindictive former employer. That illustrates the difficulty faced by any judge or jury – which picture is the truth?
What is a trade secret? It’s a piece of information, a process, a plan, that is unique, owned by a business, and has been kept secret. A published list of prices is not a trade secret simply because it’s been published. A manual of private business discounts that is available only to select employees is a trade secret.
What is a non-compete agreement? It’s an agreement that keeps an employee or contractor from doing work for a competitor. Texas has a statute that defines an enforceable non-compete agreement.
What is proprietory information? Information that is peculiar to a business, and that it has taken steps to preserve.
If you have a question regarding trade secrets, non-compete agreements or proprietary information, let our business attorneys help.
For a consultation with a lawyer at Hammerle Finley, please contact us online or call one of our offices:
Dallas 214 -363-9300
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