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trade secret

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. trade secretnoun

    a secret (method or device or formula) that gives a manufacturer an advantage over the competition

Wiktionary

  1. trade secretnoun

    A formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information used by a business to obtain an advantage over competitors within the same industry or profession.

  2. trade secretnoun

    A formula, practice, device, idea, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not patented and which is used by the owner to obtain an advantage over competitor within the marketplace and is treated in a way that can reasonably be expected to prevent the public or competitors from learning about it except when there is improper access, eavesdropping, data acquisition or theft (where the country's law recognises theft) of that trade secret and where the implementation of the trade secret does not allow reverse engineering.

Wikipedia

  1. Trade secret

    Trade secrets are a type of intellectual property that includes formulas, practices, processes, designs, instruments, patterns, or compilations of information that have inherent economic value because they are not generally known or readily ascertainable by others, and which the owner takes reasonable measures to keep secret. Intellectual property law gives the owner of a trade secret the right to restrict others from disclosing it. In some jurisdictions, such secrets are referred to as confidential information.

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  1. trade secret

    A trade secret is a piece of confidential and proprietary business information that gives a company a competitive advantage. It could include manufacturing or industrial secrets, like special techniques or processes, or any other non-public details about a company’s products or services. Trade secrets are protected by law, and disclosure can result in legal action.

Wikidata

  1. Trade secret

    A trade secret is a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not generally known or reasonably ascertainable, by which a business can obtain an economic advantage over competitors or customers. In some jurisdictions, such secrets are referred to as "confidential information", but are generally not referred to as "classified information" in the United States, since that refers to government secrets protected by a different set of laws and practices.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trade secret in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trade secret in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of trade secret in a Sentence

  1. Penny Pritzker:

    We got significant outcomes on trade secrets which is a really big issue, this is where China clarified its intent to make preliminary injunctions and meaningful remedies and other judicial protections more easily accessible to those who are confronting trade secret theft ... It's a big deal.


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