商业秘密通常被理解为一个秘密的配方,例如饮食可乐或鸡肉酱的配方。但是,商业秘密包括大多数公司拥有的各种知识产权资产,包括客户列表,制造流程和营销策略。The Uniform Trade Secrets Act (the UTSA) defines “trade secret” as “information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process that derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.”因此,商业秘密涵盖了各种规模的企业的许多宝贵资产,适当的保护至关重要。
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