Trade Secrets, Data & Confidential Information Disputes

Confidential aspects of your products or services, or the unique way you deliver them, set you apart from competitors.

Confidential information is the life blood of your business, whether it is in the form of databases, client lists, formulas, models, algorithms or manufacturing techniques, they all contribute to your competitive advantage and you businesses DNA.

SA Law can help to protect your position in situations where valuable or sensitive commercial information has been stolen, leaked or misused. We can apply for an urgent injunction to prevent people sharing the information with others, or using it for their own gain.

Unfortunately, many confidential information disputes arise because of employee actions, whether malicious or inadvertent. Our extensive employment expertise enables us to advise you on the drafting and the enforcing of restrictive covenants and confidentially clauses. Which are vital tools for protecting your business.

We can also advise you if you have been accused of taking or using confidential information in breach of contractual obligations,