trade secret
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District Judge Pamela Chen partially denied Shkreli’s motion to dismiss the case, including ruling that the album can be considered a trade secret.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Intellectual property concerns have landed India on the 'Priority Watch List', for which the report cites weak patent protections and a lack of trade secret laws.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025
Actor Samuel L. Jackson revealed a trade secret from Bruce Willis that the actor says kept him sane during his five-decade career in Hollywood.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025
In the recent Amazon complaint from the Federal Trade Commission, Amazon’s ad revenue is currently redacted, a trade secret so big it blots out the sun.
From Slate • Oct. 4, 2023
But the Phœnicians kept their geographical knowledge to themselves as a trade secret, and the Greeks learned but little from them.
From The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known by Jacobs, Joseph