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Maintain Your Trade Secrets...
Yahoo is not alone...

For "trade secret", one generally accepted definition comes from the Uniform Trade Secret Act: "Trade secret means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique or process, that: (i) derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure, and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstance to maintain its secrecy."

If you have trade secrets to protect, you should have a plan and procedures for maintaining your secret. It starts with every employee, consultant and contractor signing an appropriate non-disclosure agreement.

Your internal procedures should require that every confidential document be prominently marked as "confidential." Be selective, though. It's counterproductive to mark things like today's lunch order as confidential.

If your information is digital, encrypt it.

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Posted by: golfbob   Posted on: 09/30/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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yahoo lawsuit  witchstar | 09/29/05
amazing observation  Levelhead | 09/29/05
Does not matter.  Outside T. Box | 09/30/05
Did you read the article  ibabadur1 | 09/30/05
Microsoft's fualt somehow  John Zern | 10/01/05
Maintain Your Trade Secrets...  golfbob | 09/30/05
No non-disclusure  Outside T. Box | 09/30/05
Why didn't Yahoo just buy the company?  Real World | 09/30/05
It's cheaper...  el1jones | 09/30/05
Not cheaper when  Real World | 09/30/05
That's for the accountants to decide  Taz_z | 09/30/05
Why is that a sorry way to look at things?  Real World | 09/30/05
In my opinion, it's a lousy long term strategy  Taz_z | 09/30/05
Two points  Real World | 09/30/05
We are all entitled to our opinion  Taz_z | 09/30/05
Only if you get caught, or it goes to court.  DanielB | 09/30/05
More of this...  BitTwiddler | 09/30/05
One other thing...  BitTwiddler | 09/30/05
Although none of us know for sure  Taz_z | 09/30/05
Whatever happended to...  Outside T. Box | 09/30/05

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