Originally Posted by
laserfj
Non-compete means you can't compete. If they signed one and they are trying to sell bikes within the term of their non-compete, they are in violation of it...
not necessairly. the non-compete clause has to be "reasonable as to time and geographical location", meaning the restriction on length of time, and it must specify a geographical area that they cannot compete in. That too must be reasonable. Lots more technical aspects of the enforcement of non-competes, but those are some basics.
in other words, it can't say "you cant ever sell bikes in the USA". But it may say "you can't sell bikes in Texas for 2 years", or something like that.