Which of the Following Statements About Trade Secrets Is True

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about trade secrets is true?

• A) Disgruntled employees are unable to register patents for the subject matter of trade secrets.
• B) Trade secrets can help keep an information- based asset a secret until it can be used or sold.
• C) Competitors who independently create the subject matter of your trade secret are unable to patent their ideas.
• D) Trade secrets cannot be patented at a later date because they violate the disclosure rules of patent law.
• E) all of the above

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