The Coca-Cola Trade Secret
July 4, 2011
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink mostly known as Coke™. Coca-Cola‘s natural flavorings formula is a trade secret and thus not patented. The original copy of the Coca-Cola formula is held in SunTrust Bank’s main vault in Atlanta.
A popular myth states that only two executives have access to the formula, each having only half the formula but the truth is that while Coca-Cola does have a rule restricting access to only two executives, each knows the entire formula.
Today, products of The Coca-Cola Company are consumed at the rate of more than one billion drinks per day.
The difference between a patent and trade secret is that a trade secret is protected only when the secret is not disclosed.
To register a patent you need to supply full information about the method or product to the patent office and upon publication will be made available to the public.
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One Response to “The Coca-Cola Trade Secret”
Apparently the logo is still exactly the same as the first day it was designed. No changes!
By Eric on Jul 18, 2011