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182900P.pdf 08/17/2020 Farmers Edge Inc. v. Farmobile, LLC
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-2900
U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha
[PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Loken and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Civil Case - Diversity. Three individuals left Crop Ventures to form
Farmobile. Crop Venture's successor-in-interest, Farmers Edge sued the
individuals for breach of explicit or implicit contract, breach of duty of
loyalty, and misappropriated trade secrets. The district court did not err
in denying Farmers Edge relief, as Randy Nuss did not have an explicit
contract with Crop Ventures and neither of the three individuals were
hired to invent and thus did not breach an implied contract. Farmers Edge
failed to show the individuals breached their duty of loyalty. The
district court did not err in concluding Crop Ventures did not take
reasonable efforts to maintain the secrecy of the information it alleges
was a trade secret and thus the information was not protected.