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Intellectual Property

Sep. 13, 2016

To disclose or not to disclose?

Patent or trade secret — that is the question. By Glenn Dassoff and Harry Moren

Glenn Dassoff

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By Glenn Dassoff and Harry Moren

Information is power, and companies are relying more and more on intellectual property laws to maintain their competitive edge. In 2013, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the first time recorded more than 600,000 patent applications and granted more than 300,000 patents, with both figures almost double the numbers in 2000. And while there is no central registry for trade secrets, a recent empirical study c...

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