Intellectual Property
Jul. 17, 1999
Foul Play
By Patricia Nicely Kopf Many new Internet companies are built around the concept of adapting a traditional business - book selling, travel services, mortgage lending - to Internet commerce. These and other new business models, while developed with considerable effort, ingenuity and investment, nevertheless may not contain much that meets the specific definition of a trade secret under Civil Code Section 3426.1.
By Patricia Nicely Kopf
Many new Internet companies are built around the concept of adapting a traditional business - book selling, travel services, mortgage lending - to Internet commerce. These and other new business models, while developed with considerable effort, ingenuity and investment, nevertheless may not contain mu...
Many new Internet companies are built around the concept of adapting a traditional business - book selling, travel services, mortgage lending - to Internet commerce. These and other new business models, while developed with considerable effort, ingenuity and investment, nevertheless may not contain mu...
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