United States Seventh Circuit

Claims for misappropriation of trade secrets are foreclosed by Section 8(a) of the Illinois Trade Secrets Act only when they rest on the conduct that is said to have misappropriated the secrets.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/31/2005
• Published 10/31/2005

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Irving B. Levinson (argued), Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• R. Douglas Rees (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.