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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 the US, trade secret law is primarily handled at the state level under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, which most states have adopted, and a federal law, the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (18 U.S.C. §§ 1831–1839), which makes the theft or misappropriation of a trade secret a federal crime. This law contains two provisions criminalizing two sorts of activity. The first, 18 U.S.C. § 1831(a), criminalizes the theft of trade secrets to benefit foreign powers. The second, 18 U.S.C. § 1832, criminalizes their theft for commercial or economic purposes. (The statutory penalties are different for the two offenses.) Trade secret law varies from country to country.[13]:150–153
What is Intellectual Property?
Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce.
IP is protected in law by, for example, patents, copyright and trademarks, which enable people to earn recognition or financial benefit from what they invent or create. By striking the right balance between the interests of innovators and the wider public interest, the IP system aims to foster an environment in which creativity and innovation can flourish.
rickymouse
Those laws don't protect dogs or mice. They only protect people who have lawyers.
kdog1982
rickymouse
Those laws don't protect dogs or mice. They only protect people who have lawyers.
Would it work if I just woofed and wagged my imaginary tail?edit on k082013111982 by kdog1982 because: (no reason given)
TerryMcGuire
Everybody sing with me
Ready?
The pooch is getting screwed,
The pooch is getting screwed,
Hi ho the dairy oooooooooooo,,,,,wait for it,,,,,,,,,,
The pooch is getting screwed.
TerryMcGuire
reply to post by kdog1982
I read through your rant twice trying to form a reply and finally had to go read it again so's to boil it down to its essence
So, now, here soon, I will be back with the original company that let me go and they already have asked me what I know about the competitors ,for lack of a better word,stuff.
intrptr
reply to post by kdog1982
So, now, here soon, I will be back with the original company that let me go and they already have asked me what I know about the competitors ,for lack of a better word,stuff.
If you tell them and they gain from that, that is theft for economic and profit reasons isn't it? Could you be held accountable for that? If you signed a waiver at this other companies, yah. And if you give that information up willingly, double yah.
My two cents…
unb3k44n7
So what I got from this, based upon your choice of words, in a nutshell, is:
- You work for "some company" and want to make it sound important and secretive, therefore won't even name what kind of trade or business it entails.
- You use vague statement's such as " I found it out on my own" , regarding so-called "trade secrets", again, making it sound important and secretive even though it probably isn't.
- Everything in the thread is vague and has no point to it
- Everything in the thread is just basically a textual flaunting of a pseudo-doughnut in front of a fat man's face at the head of a tredmilll for personal pleasure.
No?
83
edit on 11/9/2013 by unb3k44n7 because: (no reason given)
tridentblue
reply to post by kdog1982
Good post. Yes, its madness. Sheer madness. You can independently come up with an idea that's "owned" by someone else, and not only be blocked from developing it (patents) but be blocked from talking about it (trade secrets). Of course there's a place for IP, when it comes to copying someone elses song note for note and calling it your own, but a lot of the patents are blocking progress, because what they are allowed to patent is one of the fundamental building blocks of a great idea, which can never move forward without paying out endlessly to the patent holders.
I didn't sign nothing , and I read the fine print.
They pull that stuff on you when you exit.