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- Copyright
- Patents
- Trademarks
- Industrial design rights
- Utility models
- Geographical indication
- Trade secrets
- Related rights
- Trade names
- Domain names
- Database rights
- Mask work
- Plant breeders' rights
- Supplementary protection certificate
- Indigenous intellectual property
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A trade secret is a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not generally known or reasonably ascertainable, by which a business can obtain an economic advantage over competitors or customers. In some jurisdictions, such secrets are referred to as "confidential information" or "classified information".
Ex-Intel worker indicted on $1B trade secrets theft Working for rival AMD, Biswamohan Pani accused of stealing trade secrets
Network World
Jon Brodkin
An ex-Intel employee accused of stealing $1 billion worth of trade secrets and using them to help rival AMD was indicted in Massachusetts Wednesday, according to news reports...
Dallas Texas Trade Secrets Attorney: Companies Face Increased Risk of Theft of Trade Secrets
This is a very interesting article about difficulties companies have in preventing misappropriation of their trade secrets...
INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF TRADE SECRETS LAW FOR MANAGEMENT OF TRADE SECRETS OUTSIDE UNITED STATES
International Aspects of Trade Secrets Law
by Karen A. Magri
There is no global law of trade secrets or even a definition of what constitutes a trade secret...
Trade Secrets: Losing Your Trade Secrets at a High Altitude
Let me say, I hate flying. Which may be why I never thought of the problem The Workplace Privacy Counsel writes about in Is Confidential Business Information Safe At 30,000 Feet?...
Trade Secrets: More on Memorizing Trade Secrets
Ohio Employer's Blog has a fuller discussion of the Ohio case I wrote about here. See Ohio Supreme Court holds that retained memory can constitute a trade secret...
What's More Secure--Trade Secrets or State Secrets?
At a hearing last month on the proposed Google-Yahoo joint venture, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers complained that neither he nor other committee members were allowed to inspect the terms of the deal in a practicable manner...















