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A recent court case sheds light on this issue. When Brown refused, DSC fired him and filed suit claiming breach of contract. Two other parties also have an interest in the case. The first is Lance Flores, a computer programmer who says he may be the original thinker of the thoughts at issue and is now seeking to intervene in the lawsuit. Nothing to seize What makes this case more than a typical trade secret dispute is that Brown never made any notes or other written record describing his solution.