Past Legal Dispute with Restoration Hardware Over Trade Secrets
HistoricalLast updated: 2 February 2017
Retail Brands summary
Crate & Barrel was previously involved in a lawsuit with Restoration Hardware concerning trade secrets and in-store dining concepts, indicating past legal challenges related to intellectual property.
Key facts
- Brand
- Crate & Barrel
- Signal category
- Legal & Risk
- Current status
- Historical
- Importance
- Low
- Scope
- Global
- Sources
- 1 (Retail Dive)
- Last updated
- 2 February 2017
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