USM CORP. v. MARSON FASTENER CORP.


379 Mass. 90 (1979)

393 N.E.2d 895

USM CORPORATION vs. MARSON FASTENER CORPORATION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Finnegan (John M. Harrington, Jr., with him) for the plaintiff.

Robert F. Sylvia (James F. Ryan with him) for the defendants.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

The USM Corporation (USM) seeks an accounting for the alleged misappropriation of a trade secret contained in a machine used in the manufacture of blind rivets.2 In addition, USM sought relief from each of the defendants by reason of their "wrongful acts" in misappropriating confidential information.

To defeat the claim of misappropriation of a trade secret, the defendants alleged...

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