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Other companies get products leaked all the time, and no one blinks an eye. I really think Apple will have a tough time calling the verification of existence of
by tghw 17y ago
Other companies get products leaked all the time, and no one blinks an eye. I really think Apple will have a tough time calling the verification of existence of an upcoming product "trade secrets".
- anigbrowl 17y agohttp://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00001839----000-.html http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_0... [...] (3) the term “trade secret” means all forms and types of financial, business, scientific, technical, economic, or engineering information, including patterns, plans, compilations, program devices, formulas, designs, prototypes, methods, techniques, processes, procedures, programs, or codes, whether tangible or intangible, and whether or how stored, compiled, or memorialized physically, electronically, graphically, photographically, or in writing if— (A) the owner thereof has taken reasonable measures to keep such information secret;[...] You could argue over subclause (a) but I think that the concealment inside a existing iPhone case would count. Certainly when Gizmodo obtained it they knew what they were buying.