What’s for Lunch? Trade Secrets!

With the end of summer fast approaching, a new trade secret case filing caught our attention regarding one of the staples of the summer barbecue…the hot dog.

Who doesn’t love a good, old fashioned hot dog?  It just so happens that a pair of litigants agree with this sentiment!  In a case filed in Los Angeles this summer, Dog Haus LLC sued W.S.H Enterprise and its business, King Hot Dog, alleging that confidential information, including the recipes for hamburgers and secret sauces, had been misappropriated. Dog Haus alleges that King Hot Dog convinced two former Dog Haus employees to leave the company and begin working for King Hot Dog.  In doing so, the former employees allegedly utilized Dog Haus’ proprietary information in violation of their written employment agreements, resulting in economic injury and harm to Dog Haus’ reputation and goodwill.

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