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Maggbury Pty Ltd v Hafele Australia Pty Ltd

[2001] HCA 70; (2001) 210 CLR 181

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year2001

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A contractual restraint on the use of 'confidential' information is unenforceable as an unreasonable restraint of trade where the information has entered the public domain (e.g. by publication in a patent application).

Area of Law

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