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title: Can My Company’s Non-Compete Apply to All Competitors?
description: Wondering if your company's non-compete agreements apply to all your competitors? Learn about how to protect you and your company from your competitors.
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# [Can My Company’s Non-Compete Apply to All Competitors?](https://blog.goosmannlaw.com/blog/hr-can-my-companys-non-compete-apply-to-all-competitors)

 Written by [Goosmann Law Team](https://blog.goosmannlaw.com/blog/author/goosmann-law-team) | Jan 22, 2015 12:21:31 PM

## Wondering if your company's non-compete agreements apply to all your competitors? Learn about how to protect you and your company from your competitors.

Non-competition agreements are generally not enforceable unless they are reasonable in scope and reasonably aimed to protect the employer’s business interests. A Missouri case drives home the scope element of a non-competition agreement. In [Sigma-Aldrich Corp. v. Vilkin, No. ED-100575 (Mo. Ct. App. Oct. 14, 2014)](http://caselaw.findlaw.com/mo-court-of-appeals/1680679.html), the [Missouri Court of Appeals](http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=261) held a global non-compete was unenforceable. The non-competition agreement prohibited a sales employee from working for any competitor for two years. There was no geographic restriction (i.e. within 50 miles); nor was there any limitation on what kind of competitors would be excluded. This was fatal, and the Court held the agreement unenforceable as a matter of law.

For more information on [employment law](http://goosmannlaw.com/practice-areas/employment-lawyers/) and [non-compete agreements](http://goosmannlaw.com/can-employers-make-non-competes-a-condition-for-continued-employment/), contact the Goosmann Law Firm at [info@goosmannlaw.com](mailto:info@goosmannlaw.com) or call 712-226-4000.

 

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