If a Competitor Reverse Engineers a Trade Secret, Then the Competitor

question 40

Multiple Choice

If a competitor reverse engineers a trade secret, then the competitor is ________.

• A) rightfully allowed co-ownership to the trade secret and its original trade mark
• B) allowed to use the trade secret but not the original trademark
• C) not allowed to gain commercially from the trade secret
• D) obliged to inform the original owner of the trade secret

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Definitions:

Margin of Error

A measure indicating the range of values above and below a sample statistic in a confidence interval.

Point Estimate

A single value derived from sample data that serves as a best guess or best estimate of a population parameter.

Confidence Interval

A spectrum of values, extracted from statistics of a sample, presumed to hold the value of a not-yet-known population characteristic, assured with a particular degree of confidence.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points that are included in a statistical sample.