Notes from 3/9/2011
From Bill Goodwine's Wiki
In addition to patents, there are three other forms of IP in the US:
- Copyright - Federal
- Trademarks - Federal
- Trade secrets - State
Trade secrets: state law (1910) The term "trade secret" as it is usually understood means a secret formula or process not patented, known only to certain individuals who use it in... manufacturing some article of trade having commercial value. It is rarely, if ever, used to denote the mere privacy with which an ordinary commercial business is carried out.
