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Courts require the owner to take reasonable steps to protect the private knowledge.
No registration of trade secrets are required for protection. Unfair Competition Law Unfair Competition Law protects owners of non-functional mental creations that do not fit into one of the categories above but have been unfairly copied by competitors. No registration of creations are required. Patent agents are only qualified to practice Patent and Trademark Law and are not certified state attorneys. 2000 California Western School of Law.