Tram operator accused of leaking trade secrets

An Adelaide air-conditioning company is suing TransAdelaide, claiming it breached contract conditions and gave competitors access to trade secrets.

MooreAir accuses TransAdelaide of unconscionable conduct, claiming it sent one of the company’s air-conditioning units to a competitor in New South Wales without authorisation.

The company told the Supreme Court it has been installing and maintaining air-conditioners on public transport in Adelaide for 16 years.

MooreAir says TransAdelaide approached it in February last year to create systems for Adelaide’s Bombardier trams.

It says TransAdelaide offered a bonus, a long-term maintenance contract and the right to install systems in all future trams if the units were in place by last October.

The company says it kept its end of the bargain, but TransAdelaide has not.

TransAdelaide is yet to file a defence.

via ABC News