PEPSICO, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIAM E. REDMOND, JR., and THE QUAKER OATS COMPANY, a corporation, Defendants-Appellants., 54 F.3d 1262

Summary

Plaintiff filed an action to enjoin defendant, a former employee of plaintiff, from divulging plaintiff's trade secrets and confidential information in his new job and from assuming any duties in his new job relating to beverage pricing, marketing, and distribution. The district court granted the preliminary injunction. The court affirmed, holding that plaintiff may prove a claim of trade secret misappropriation by demonstrating that defendant's new employment would inevitably lead him to rely on plaintiff's trade secrets. Plaintiff proved that defendant possessed extensive confidential information and, in his new job, would inevitably use this information.