Which of the Following Would Not Be a Misappropriation of a Trade

question 77

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would not be a misappropriation of a trade secret?

• A) paying an engineer who is working at a competitor to disclose the trade secret to you
• B) buying the competitor's product, then tearing it apart and analyzing it in your laboratory to reveal the trade secret
• C) hiring a spy to break into a competitor's offices to acquire the secret
• D) asking one of your current engineers to disclose a trade secret of her former employer, which she then does
• E) taking a secret from your own employer

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