Key legal question
Validity of the post-contractual non-compete clause
Extracted holding
The clause was invalid because the employee was not shown to have learned trade secrets or customer information whose use could cause appreciable harm.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 340 CO requires cumulative conditions: access to secrets/customer base and a real risk of sensible prejudice. General know-how or knowledge obtainable in any firm of the sector is not a trade secret.