Engineer A Post-Public-Employment Confidential Information Non-Use
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#Engineer_A_Post-Public-Employment_Confidential_Information_Non-Use
Properties
Instance of
Post-Public-EmploymentConfidentialInformationNon-UseObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-Public-EmploymentConfidentialInformationNon-UseObligation
Case context
Engineer A worked for a government agency with access to Company X's confidential regulatory submissions, then accepted employment at Company Y, a competitor of Company X.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A is obligated to refrain from using, disclosing, or exploiting Company X's confidential and proprietary design information — accessed during government agency employment — in the course of employment at Company Y, a direct competitor of Company X, recognizing that the confidentiality obligation created during public service survives the termination of that employment.
Temporal scope
Ongoing from the moment of accepting employment at Company Y; no expiration unless the information enters the public domain through independent means
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Government-to-Private Competitive Employment Acceptance With Confidentiality Constraint
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Client Relationship with Company Y, Engineer A Confidential Information Held — Government Agency Context, Engineer A Government Agency Confidential Access to Company X Information
Source Evidence
Source text
During Engineer A's tenure with the government agency, Engineer A receives access to confidential and proprietary design information provided by companies seeking approval from the government agency for their facility designs.
Text references
Company X is among the companies submitting confidential and proprietary design information.
During Engineer A's tenure with the government agency, Engineer A receives access to confidential and proprietary design information provided by companies seeking approval from the government agency for their facility designs.
Engineer A ends her employment with the government agency and accepts an engineering position with Company Y, a competitor of Company X.
TTL
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case106:Engineer_A_Post-Public-Employment_Confidential_Information_Non-Use a proeth:Post-Public-EmploymentConfidentialInformationNon-UseObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Post-Public-Employment Confidential Information Non-Use" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case106:Engineer_A_Government-to-Private_Competitive_Employment_Acceptance_With_Confidentiality_Constraint ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case106:Engineer_A_Client_Relationship_with_Company_Y,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#Engineer_A_Confidential_Information_Held_—_Government_Agency_Context>,
case106:Engineer_A_Government_Agency_Confidential_Access_to_Company_X_Information ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case106:Engineer_A_Government-to-Private_Competitive_Employment_Acceptance_With_Confidentiality_Constraint ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A worked for a government agency with access to Company X's confidential regulatory submissions, then accepted employment at Company Y, a competitor of Company X." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case106:Confidentiality_Obligation_Invoked_for_Company_X_Information_Held_by_Engineer_A,
case106:Confidentiality_Obligation_of_Engineer_A_Toward_Company_X_Regulatory_Submissions ;
proeth:discoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:44:03.581232+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:44:03.581232+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Post-Public-Employment Confidential Information Non-Use Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A is obligated to refrain from using, disclosing, or exploiting Company X's confidential and proprietary design information — accessed during government agency employment — in the course of employment at Company Y, a direct competitor of Company X, recognizing that the confidentiality obligation created during public service survives the termination of that employment." ;
proeth:sourcetext "During Engineer A's tenure with the government agency, Engineer A receives access to confidential and proprietary design information provided by companies seeking approval from the government agency for their facility designs." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Ongoing from the moment of accepting employment at Company Y; no expiration unless the information enters the public domain through independent means" ;
proeth:textreferences "Company X is among the companies submitting confidential and proprietary design information.",
"During Engineer A's tenure with the government agency, Engineer A receives access to confidential and proprietary design information provided by companies seeking approval from the government agency for their facility designs.",
"Engineer A ends her employment with the government agency and accepts an engineering position with Company Y, a competitor of Company X." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 106 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:58:47.914519"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 106 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
106
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T00:44:03.581232+00:00
First case
106
Generated
2026-02-28T00:44:03.581232+00:00
Attributed to
Case 106 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:58:47.914519
Generated by
ProEthica Case 106 Extraction