The increasing variety of “trade secret” litigation makes definitions suspect. That issue is made worse by the development of new technology and business practices that also continue to expand the definitions of the term trade secret. Insider trading, for example, based on trade secret business information, is not only unethical and in violation of employee agreements on confidentiality but is also, of course, per se illegal. The recent (2010) news is replete with accounts of alleged violations of trade secrets from high-tech executives to Wall Street brokers and computer analysts. Accordingly, I have prepared a composite list of the major examples of trade secrets that have recently emerged. Some of these are ...
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