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

question 56

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.

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