For more than 5 years, Sønderby Legal has represented a client in a case first in the district court and then in the Western High Court, where the client was accused of violating a non-compete clause entered into between our client and another company in the same industry.
The focal point of the case was whether our client had violated a non-compete clause by developing a single product with a functionality that the opposing party believed was reserved for them.
After extensive evidence was presented in the district court, including expert examination and assessment, our client was fully upheld in the district court in a very clear decision. Somewhat surprisingly, the case was appealed to the High Court, but after an additional two years of case processing and final court hearings over two days, our client won the case again, as a unanimous High Court rejected any claim from the opposing party. There was a lot of money at stake, as the opposing party’s claim for compensation for violation of the non-compete clause was very significant. Quite extraordinarily, our client was awarded such a large amount in legal costs that our client is held completely harmless for legal costs. That is in itself perfectly reasonable, but still quite exceptional.
