Emling Forensis PC 562 491 1400
Trade secrets are regulated by state law, which varies somewhat from state to state. Most states have adopted the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (USTA), which has lent a uniformity to this area of law in the different jurisdictions.
Trade secret law may be a successful method of protecting business intellectual property not otherwise entitled to protection through patent or copyright law.
A trade secret is a process or a device or information that is used in the operation of a business. It may relates to the production of goods, for example, a machine or a formula for the production of an article. It may also relate to the sale of goods or to other operations in the business, such as a code for determining discounts, a price list, a list of customers, or a method of bookkeeping or office management. The important concept to bear in mind is that it is not information itself that is protected, it is the misappropriation this information, obtaining it in a illegitimate, improper or unlawful manner by law. For instance, it is perfectly legal for another party to independently discover the same information, or to examine an item sold on the open market to deduce how it is made.
