trade secret
Example Sentences
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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
The fee varies from industry to industry, and the fees that the largest merchants pay are typically a closely guarded trade secret.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
Nor was he a commercial man; neither his instincts nor his abilities lay in that direction; it was not a new process, not a trade secret which brought him here.
From The Good Comrade by Betts, Anna Whelan