Trade Secrets

Trade secrets are proprietary and valuable information that can be owned by a company or entity and protected from public disclosure. Some of the more well-kept trade secrets in history include the formulas used to make Pepsi and Coca Cola. When a trade secret is protected, the law allows the owner of the rights to prevent the information from becoming public. Should someone attempt to publicize the restricted information, a court may grant an injunction to stop this from happening if significant harm to the trade secret holder would result from the disclosure. To learn more about trade secrets, what types of information can constitute trade secrets, and what trade secret protections are in place, please visit the links to articles and answers to frequently asked questions on this page.