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De Maudsley v Palumbo [1996] FSR 447

Country:
United Kingdom
By Oxbridge Law Team
Held
Facts

  • Claimant revealed his idea for a new nightclub to Defendant during a dinner party. Information included that night club would operate all night, have top DJs from UK and worldwide, and would be decorated in a ‘warehouse’ style.

  • Defendant later built Ministry of Sound nightclub, but did not include Claimant.

  • Claimant sued.

Held

  • Is possible for simple ideas to be protected.

  • However nonetheless idea cannot be protected if it is not sufficiently particular and defined 

Facts

  • Information imparted by Claimant was too general and lacking in originality.

    • I.e. with exception that idea that club would be open all night, none of idea were novel

  • Thus was not confidential.

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