trade secret
Example Sentences
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His manager showed him the folder that contained the precious trade secret, before locking it away once more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 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
Caitlin Vogus, the deputy director of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, has been dismayed by the judge’s suggestions that Google & Co. are experts in what’s a trade secret and what isn’t.
From Slate • Oct. 25, 2023
Dorsey ruled that customer identities constitute a trade secret.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023
No doubt together with some knowledge of geometry regarded as an esoteric trade secret, many symbols to-day current did pass down from very primitive times.
From Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Webster, Nesta H.
