alone did not violate any term of the No-Compete Agreement or Trade Secret Protection Act in this regard, and Dickinson freely met with Dewey, Ashe-boro Paper’s only other representative in Virginia, in order to transition his business and to return the materials. Cf. VisionAIR, 167 N.C.App. at 506, 606 S.E.2d at 360 (agreement mandated surrender of all trade secrets upon departure). The record reflects that, for whatever reason, Dewey indicated that he did not need or want whatever materials Dickinson possessed, and there is no indication that Asheboro Paper ever thereafter requested their return. Thus, this is not a situation where an employee resigns, takes protected materials from his office, and is not forthright as to his intentions. Cf. Merck & Co., 941 F.Supp. at 1461-62 (<HOLDING>). That presents the next problem. Though
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