Beth and Kate,trying to Beat the Competition to the Market,were

question 93

Multiple Choice

Beth and Kate,trying to beat the competition to the market,were in a mad race to complete a book with a computer program that would aid gardeners in designing and maintaining their gardens.Because they knew another group in town was working on a similar project,they were very fearful that their work would be plagiarized (copied) .Which of the following is false with regard to their safeguarding their work?

• A)They should mark the work "confidential."
• B)They could require employees and others who must have access to the work to sign "non-disclosure" agreements in which those persons acknowledge that information about the work is confidential and shouldn't be disclosed without consent.
• C)After the book and program are finished,they can register copyright in them even before they have them published.
• D)They could try to keep the information and program secret (i.e.,only disclose the parts of it that the individual employees had to know to do their jobs).
• E)They could register the book and program under the provincial Trade Secrets Act.

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