Southern Bar-B-Q owns a special, secret recipe for the sauce which it guards because it gives the restaurant a competitive advantage. If Mort willfully misappropriates the recipe, a court may hold him liable to Southern for double damages. True or false?

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Isabela Munoz

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1 January, 02:14

Southern Bar-B-Q owns a special, secret recipe for the sauce which it guards because it gives the restaurant a competitive advantage. If Mort willfully misappropriates the recipe, a court may hold him liable to Southern for double damages. True or false?

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Emily Swanson · Answer 1

True

Explanation:

This is the case of exposing the trade secret of a business. The word "may" has significant impact here as the court may or may not hold Mort liable (depending on the circumstances) since the trade secret isn't expressly protected by Southern Bar-B-Q albeit implied that an employee doesn't divulge the trade secret of the business which could bring damages to it.