In Hicklin Engineering V

Multiple Choice

In Hicklin Engineering v.R.J.Bartell,where Bartell quit working for Hicklin and formed a company that competed with Hicklin,which then sued Bartell for theft of trade secrets,the appeals court held that Hicklin:

A) had no suit since the information involved was not protected knowledge
B) had no suit because Bartell had never been informed that he was privilege to trade secrets
C) has a suit if it can show what protected information Bartell used
D) showed theft and would collect treble damages under Wisconsin's Uniform Trade Secrets Act
E) none of the other choices