20 Mar 2019
GREENFIELDS INTERNET LIMITED v RURAL NETWORKS SOUTH ISLAND LIMITED [2019] NZHC 504
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 504
- Court
- High Court
Opposed interim injunctions were declined because (1) there was no clear entitlement to an extended notice period beyond that agreed or reasonably expected (31 January 2019), (2) the harms claimed were remediable by damages and readily quantifiable (customer lists and loss of customers had market values), and (3) given the commercial acrimony and absence of a written agreement establishing confidentiality/IP ownership, the balance of convenience did not favour preserving the plaintiffs' asserted status quo; a limited interim order by consent was recorded restraining use of other RNL/GIL intel…