135 Misc. 534 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1929
The defendant in this case was employed under a written contract which ran from week to week and provided that the defendant should not be employed in a similar business to that of plaintiff’s in any place in the United States of America for a period of five years from the time that his employment with the plaintiff ceased. It appears that the defendant’s employment consisted of work as a draftsman and engineer and that he was required to make drawings of all of plaintiff’s machinery during the number of years that he worked for the plaintiff, thereby becoming thoroughly familiar with their process of manufacturing pencils and the machinery used in connection therewith. A number of steps in the plaintiff’s processes with respect to different types of pencils have been kept secret by the plaintiff. This action is to enjoin the defendant from, first, either revealing such secret processes, and, second, taking employment in any business similar to that of plaintiff’s for a period of five years. At the close of the trial the court stated that it was prepared to find the facts above outlined and to enjoin the defendant from revealing any secret which he had
Judgment for plaintiff as prayed for in the complaint. Submit decision and findings.