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Disclosure Of Specific Types Of Ideas: Misappropriation, Homer C. Mcrae
Disclosure Of Specific Types Of Ideas: Misappropriation, Homer C. Mcrae
Cleveland State Law Review
Normal procedure in attempting sale of a valuable idea is for the claimant to offer his idea for sale to the recipient who usually will refuse to buy it until disclosure. Then, after disclosure, the recipient may or may not promise to pay for the idea if he uses it. In either case, the recipient may use the idea later, perhaps in a modified form, and refuse to compensate the claimant.
Industrial Trade Secrets, Their Use And Protection, G. G. Maruchnics
Industrial Trade Secrets, Their Use And Protection, G. G. Maruchnics
Cleveland State Law Review
Because of the great part that such trade secrets play in the success of many industrial endeavors, the courts have been called upon on many occasions to resolve controversies of litigants concerning such secrets.The cases most often appearing before the courts involve the relationship of employer and employee, or former employee. Out of this relationship arise the questions of ownership and use and misuse of alleged confidential information or trade secrets. Other relationships have also been considered by the courts, and the questions considered are in many respects overlapping. The big question is to determine what is a trade secret …