In Fellows v. All Star Inc., decided 3/17/05, the Georgia Court of Appeals held that the non-competition covenant in an employment contract was unreasonable and overbroad when it prohibited the former employees from contacting or soliciting any customer of the employer, no matter where located and no matter whether the employees had had contact with those customers.
The reasonableness of a non-compete clause is determined by applying a three-element test of duration, territorial coverage, and scope of prohibited activity. If not carefully and narrowly drafted, such covenants may well be unenforceable. Broad, overreaching provisions may be effective to intimidate employees, but not enforceable when tested in court.
See the court’s opinion below.

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