Shaving giant Gillette is suing four former employees for allegedly sharing confidential information and trade secrets with Texas competitor ShaveLogic.
The Boston-based Procter & Gamble unit claims the four, who worked on or had access to Gillette's razor and shaving development, signed agreements prohibiting them from disclosing information about the technology, according to the Suffolk Superior Court lawsuit filed yesterday.
ShaveLogic, which also is named in the suit, received a patent in July for magnetic attachments for shaving cartridges which one or more of the employees worked on while at Gillette, the lawsuit states. It also has applied for other patents, including ones related to elastomeric pivots, another technology that Gillette was developing. ShaveLogic, which now employs the former Gillette workers, couldn't be reached for comment.
"Our investments have enabled us to invent some of the most popular shaving products in the world," Deborah Majoras, P&G's chief legal officer, said in a statement. "When it becomes necessary, we take action to protect the intellectual assets behind those investments."
While lawsuits against former employees for allegedly violating non-compete or non-disclosure agreements are common, what makes Gillette's case different is the alleged evidence against the former employees, said Jonathan Sigel, a Westboro labor and employment attorney for law firm Mirick O'Connell.
"They're looking to those patent applications, and they're saying based on what's there, these designs could only have come from us," he said. "Gillette is basically saying this company is raiding us."
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