Tennessee Agreement Not to Disclose Trade Secrets
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This is a relatively simple legal agreement between a company and a counter-party of that company to exchange information, for the purpose of a project, marketing campaign, R&D or sourcing, etc.
Since trade secrets are not made public, unlike patents, they do not provide defensive protection, as being prior art.
Trade secrets may be disclosed during meetings between parties. Ideally, such disclosures are made under a confidential disclosure or nondisclosure agreement, and should always reveal only as much trade secret information as is required under the circumstances.
Trade secret protection lasts for as long as the secret is kept confidential without any statutory limitations period. However, once a trade secret is made available to the public, trade secret protection ends.
Contrary to patents, trade secrets are protected without registration, that is, trade secrets require no procedural formalities for their protection. A trade secret can be protected for an unlimited period of time, unless it is discovered or legally acquired by others and disclosed to the public.
In the United States, trade secrets are not protected by law in the same manner as patents or trademarks.
A trade secret can also be revealed legally, and you have no recourse in this case, even if it was not your intention to reveal it. Illegal disclosure may be made by people who: Used illegal means, such as theft or bribery, to obtain the information.
TUTSA's definition of trade secrets includes information which is technical, nontechnical, or financial data, a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, process or plan that has independent economic value because it is not generally known or readily accessible.
Trade Secrets Act This statute, enacted in 1948, is actually of narrow applicability. It forbids federal government employees and government contractors from making an unauthorized disclosure of confidential government information, including trade secrets.
