The court had already found that the defendants had misused the confidential information of the claimant being secret information used in the manufacture of long lasting insecticidal mosquito bed nets mainly sold in areas of the world where malaria is endemic. The court now considered the level of damages to be awarded.
Rose DBE J
[2014] EWHC 3159 (Ch)
Bailii
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – General Tire v Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company Limited HL 1975
The object of damages is to compensate for loss or injury. The general rule for ‘economic’ torts is that the measure is that sum of money which will put the injured party in the same position as he would have been in if he had not sustained the . .
At SC – Vestergaard Frandsen A/S and Others v Bestnet Europe Ltd and Others SC 22-May-2013
The claimant companies appealed against a reversal of their judgment against a former employee that she had misused their confidential trade secrets after leaving their employment. The companies manufactured and supplied bednets designed to prevent . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Intellectual Property, Damages
Updated: 22 December 2021; Ref: scu.537991