- keeping secret a product, process, ingredient, part, and the like.
- generally only key employees are given access to trade secrets.
- all parties to whom trade secrets are shared, should be advised of the
confidential nature of the disclosure and all should promise not to disclose
to others.
- if you patent the product or process, your product or process is revealed
to the world and, after the patent expires, anyone may make, use, sell, or
offer to sell your product or process.
- if your product or process cannot found out through reverse-engineering
or analysis or equivalents thereof, you may wish to maintain it as a trade
secret.
- if you think you have or may have a trade secret issue or matter, consult
with an attorney.