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	<title>Intellectual Property &#187; Trade Secrets</title>
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		<title>Trade secrets and public domain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If guarded properly, trade secrets are forever. A business may keep the formula to Coca-Cola a secret. However, once it is disclosed to the public, the former secret enters public domain, although an invention using the former secret may still be patentable if it is not barred by statute. Some businesses choose to protect products, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting trade secrets</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trade secrets are by definition not disclosed to the world at large. Instead, owners of trade secrets seek to keep their special knowledge out of the hands of competitors through a variety of civil and commercial means, not the least of which is the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDA) and non-compete clauses. In exchange for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trade secrets and Patents</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To acquire a patent, full information about the method or product has to be supplied to the patent office, and upon publication or issuance, will then be available to all. After expiration of the patent, competitors can copy the method or product legally. The temporary monopoly on the subject matter of the patent is regarded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trade secrets in the USA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the United States, trade secrets are not protected by law in the same manner as trademarks or patents. Specifically, both trademarks and patents are protected under Federal statutes, the Lanham Act and Patent Act, respectively. Trade secrets arise out of state laws. Most states have adopted the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA). Only Massachusetts, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trade Secrets and IP</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sanctioned protection of such type of information from public disclosure is viewed as an important legal aspect by which a society protects its overall economic vitality. A company typically invests money, time and energy into generating information regarding refinements of processes and operations. If competitors had access to the same knowledge, the first company&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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