Intellectual Property
Aug. 22, 2014
Trade secrets: IP of the 21st century?
While trade secrets cannot fully replace patent protection in all respects, they do offer, in many cases, an increasingly viable alternative to patents for protecting intellectual property. By Peter J. Toren
The past year has seen an attack by all three branches of the U.S. government on the patent system. All is not lost, however, for companies and individuals needing to protect valuable proprietary technical information. While trade secrets cannot fully replace patent protection in all respects, they do offer, in many cases, an increasingly viable alternative to patents for protecting intellectual property.
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