COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court ruled today that memorizing a company's trade secrets is just as wrong as writing them down or copying them in some other format.
The court unanimously ordered a former employee of Al Minor & Associates to pay damages for memorizing a client list.
Robert Martin of Columbus was a pension analyst with Minor when he left in 2003 to start his own company.
Minor provides pension administration services. It sued Martin and accused him of taking 15 clients with him.
Martin recalled the company's client list from memory.
