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According to Freep.com, an Ann Arbor based store called Children's Orchard, which is a retail chain that sells used children's clothing, has filed a lawsuit against two franchise owners in Oklahoma City, for the alleged theft of a trade secret. The lawsuit accuses the franchisees of violating a franchise agreement and a non-compete agreement, as well as stealing Children's Orchard's trade secret.
The lawsuit came after the defendants in the suit opened their own store specializing in the sale of used children's clothing, which they named Upsy Daisy. In the suit, Children's Orchard claims that Tiffany Thomas, the co-founder of Upsy Daisy, and her ex-husband signed a franchise agreement (2005) to own a Children's Orchard store in Oklahoma City for a period of 10 years.
However, in July of 2010, Thomas and her ex-husband abandoned their Children's Orchard franchise, and moved to another location where they opened Upsy Daisy. Thomas claims that no trade secret was stolen in the move.
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