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Depends on the industry; there are plenty of places where trade secrets aren't viable (e.g. medicinal chemistry, where it's trivial to reverse engineer a drug).
by kvb 12y ago
Depends on the industry; there are plenty of places where trade secrets aren't viable (e.g. medicinal chemistry, where it's trivial to reverse engineer a drug).
- dTal 12y agoMaybe so, but nevertheless patents were not "meant to encourage people to invest".