Database right infringed when staff took customer lists, rules court

Employees who left a company to start up a rival breached that firm's database rights when they took information with them, the High Court has ruled.

The firm failed to prove, though, that the actions breached the company's confidentiality.Furnishing fabric company Crowson took the two ex-employees, a Mr Rider and a Mr Simpson, to court along with the new company they founded, Concept Textiles.

An expert in database law said that the case could revive interest in the Database Directive af... (581 more words)

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