> If the government will now give you a monopoly for the rest of eternity on any invention that you label "secret"... You're misunderstanding it. If you steal

> If the government will now give you a monopoly for the rest of eternity on any invention that you label "secret"... You're misunderstanding it. If you steal a secret's blueprints, the government will come after you. If you reinvent the secret's methods yourself, you're free to do whatever you want.