Qualifying property a. Almost any type of valuable business information 5. Steps necessary for protection a. Liability for violation of trade secret rights a. Those in privity and third parties 7.
Protection lasts as long as trade secret remains confidential a.
An advantage of trade secrets over patents 8. Not all countries protect trade secrets 9. Does NOT protect against reverse engineering B. Copyrights 1. Legal right of owner to an original piece of work to decide how it is used and to benefit from it economically 2. Based on a federal statute 3.