Dalrymple distributed many copies of his technical bulletin. Each was marked ‘CONFIDENTIAL’
Held: An objective test was used to determine whether on the facts, the information retained the quality of confidentiality. In this case it did not. The mere fact that a document has been labelled ‘confidential’ will not automatically confer confidentiality on it if it has been made generally available.
Citations:
[1957] RPC 449
Intellectual Property
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.448372