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What do copyright, trademark and patents have to do with trade secrets? You accuse the op about not knowing anything about trade secrets then you proceed to tal
by chrismcb 9y ago
What do copyright, trademark and patents have to do with trade secrets?
You accuse the op about not knowing anything about trade secrets then you proceed to talk about things that aren't related to trade secrets.
Trade secrets aren't protected by copyright, as something needs to be published, therefore no longer a secret, to be copyrighted. Trademarks, well they just aren't a secret.
Patents are the opposite of a trade secret. With a parent you publish your secret for the guarantee of a monopoly on it for a certain period of time. A trade secret can be kept forever if you keep it a secret.
Trade secrets do have protections, but you have to actively maintain the secret.
- tialaramex 9y agoPublication isn't needed for copyright protection in the modern era, essentially all countries including the United States signed Berne which says you have copyright in any work as soon as it's created, no need to publish, register, file, or whatever.
- uiri 9y agoThat's exactly my point. The term intellectual property groups all of these things together as if the laws surrounding them are in any way similar or related. Yes, trade secrets are generally things which are patentable which the inventor chooses to keep secret for one reason or another - generally for some sort of competitive advantage.