Mobile advertising company Hipcricket’s rejection of a commission agreement in a bankruptcy proceeding barred it from enforcing nonsolicitation and confidentiality provisions against a former officer, Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard ruled July 15.
Bouchard also ruled that Glenn Stansbury, a former vice president of sales with Hipcricket Inc. who took the same role with competitor mGage LLC, violated the Washington Uniform Trade Secrets Act at least three times by using Hipcricket’s secret information to attract business from some of Hipcricket’s most valued clients. The finding warranted a permanent injunction to prevent Stansbury and mGage from further misappropriating Hipcricket’s trade secrets.
