Legal Definition and Related Resources of Trade Secret

Any formula, patent , devise , plan, process , tool, mechanism or compound known only to its owner and those of its employees to whom it is necessary to confide same, and which gives the owner an opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors who do not know or use same. In this context, the term implies at least minimal novelty of the formula, patent, devise, etc., for that which does not possess novelty is usually known. See Kewanee Oil Co. v Bicron Corp., 416 U.S. 470, 94 S.Ct. 1879, 40 L.Ed.2d 315.

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Trade Secret in Historical Law

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Trade secret in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of trade secret.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• trade secret in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• trade secret in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Trade Secret in the Economic Activity

An introductory concept of Trade Secret may be: an innovation or knowledge of a production process that a firm does not disclose to others