Copyright Protection Of Confidential Information

Protection Of Confidential Information Under Copyrights

Markets and Markets Research Pvt. Ltd. is a company that provides quantified research and market intelligence to corporate and institutional clients using confidential and proprietary research methodologies. The company's high-profile clients purchase market-specific reports generated by these methods. Meticulous Market Research Pvt. Ltd., a direct competitor of the plaintiff, is also engaged in the same business. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant copied the format and content of its market research reports to create their own reports. The plaintiff discovered this when the Vice President of the defendant, who was also a former employee of the plaintiff, offered to sell a report titled "Continuous Manufacturing Market" that was identical to the one published by the plaintiff in April 2017. Additionally, a criminal complaint was filed against the defendant for suspected theft of confidential data,