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Trade Secret Fair Use, Deepa Varadarajan
Trade Secret Fair Use, Deepa Varadarajan
Fordham Law Review
Trade secret law arose to help companies protect confidential information (e.g., the Coca-Cola formula) from competitors seeking to copy their innovative efforts. But companies increasingly use trade secret law to block a wide swath of information from the scrutinizing eyes of consumers, public watchdog groups, and potential improvers. Companies can do this, in part, because trade secret law lacks clear limiting doctrines that consider the social benefits of unauthorized use. For example, trade secret law makes no allowance for the departing employee that uses proprietary information to create a substantially improved product or disclose public health risks.
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The 2009 H1n1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Reconciling Goals Of Patents And Public Health Initiatives, Michelle Kaplan
The 2009 H1n1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Reconciling Goals Of Patents And Public Health Initiatives, Michelle Kaplan
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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