The Business Law Reports
[2022] Bus LR 238
Queen’s Bench Division
Salt Ship Design AS
v
Prysmian Powerlink SRL
[2021] EWHC 3583 (Comm)
2021 Dec 13; 24
Jacobs J
Confidential information— Breach of confidence— Trade secrets— Claimant contractually engaged to carry out design work for defendant— Defendant passing claimant’s design documents to rival designer and contracting construction of vessel based on rival’s design work— Judgment finding defendant breached parties’ contract and equitable duties of confidence— Claimant applying for publicity order requiring defendant to publicise judgment on its website— Factors relevant to making of publicity order— Whether application to be granted—
Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc) Regulations 2018 (SI 597/2018), reg 18
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Parliament and Council Directive 2016/943, recital (31), art 15