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Last updated on: 6 月 13, 2023
Author: Chris Buntel

This article is part of Tangibly’s Guest Series. Read the original article here.

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去年,星巴克因咖啡味唇彩被起诉违反默示合同和窃取商业秘密。

Balmuccino 公司的成员与星巴克产品开发主管 Mesh Gelman 会晤,推销他们的唇彩产品。Balmuccino 公司要求签署保密协议,但 Gelman 回避,没有签字。Balmuccino 提供了很多关于唇彩的信息,包括材料供应商的信息。Gelman 还保留了一份推销方案的副本。

Starbucks approached the same material suppliers to make their own lip gloss using the same Balmuccino recipes, but completely bypassing Balmuccino.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][us_image image=”321″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]The lawsuit was originally filed in California, but dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. It was refiled in Washington last October. It’s still pending, so we’ll see how it plays out.

这里有很多教训,包括:至少要有一份书面的保密协议,不要在第一次见面时分享每一个微小的细节。

查看更新: 程序就是一切,实质什么都不是


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