In 1997, an engineer who worked with Gillette to help develop its next generation shaver system disclosed confidential information to the company's competitors. Steven Louis Davis, an employee at Wright Industries Inc., a designer of fabrication equipment that was hired by Gillette, faxed or e-mailed drawings of the new razor design to Warner-Lambert, Bic, and American Safety Razor. Davis pled guilty to theft of trade secrets and wire fraud and was sentenced to 27 months in prison. He told the court he stole the information out of anger at his supervisor and fear for his job