(New Zealand) B agreed to license manufacture and distribute N’s veterinary treatment in New Zealand. They agreed for confidentiality of the information disclosed to B. The distributorship was to be ended, and B sought to engage another party to manufacture a similar preparation. In the course of arranging this, it was said to have disclosed essential and confidential. The appeal was against a ruling that the respondent had not broken its agreement with regard to the confidential information.
Held: The appeal succeeded. Though the defendant may have thought the information not confidential, it was in fact – not having been made public.
Judges:
Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Carswell, Lord Mance, Sir Martin Nourse
Citations:
[2006] UKPC 25
Links:
Jurisdiction:
Commonwealth
Commonwealth, Intellectual Property
Updated: 26 July 2022; Ref: scu.241472
