Mike Is a High School Dropout Employed as a Counter

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Essay

Mike is a high school dropout employed as a counter worker at a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet in Georgia. He has been voted the employee of the month and has been awarded a trip to Louisville, Kentucky, to visit the KFC headquarters. While there, he notices an open wall safe, and when he looks inside, he discovers the Colonel's secret recipe of 23 herbs and spices. He quickly makes a copy and returns the original to the safe. Once he arrives home, he contacts a number of local fried-chicken restaurants and offers to sell them the recipe. When KFC finds out what he's doing, the company immediately sues him, but it discovers that there are no applicable trade secret statutes. What effect does the failure of an applicable statute have, and what, if anything, can KFC do?

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Definitions:

Antisocial

A pattern of behavior that is hostile, disruptive, or violating societal norms, often associated with antisocial personality disorder.

Schizotypal

Pertaining to or characteristic of a personality disorder marked by severe social anxiety, thought disorder, paranoid ideation, derealization, transient psychosis, and often unconventional beliefs.

Narcissistic

Pertaining to narcissism, a personality trait characterized by an inflated self-image and a lack of empathy for others.

Borderline Personality Disorder

A psychological condition marked by widespread fluctuations in emotions, relationships with others, sense of self, and actions.