trade secret

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Stefan can't explain more about the technique they use – like the genetic research it's a trade secret.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

A Taiwanese court sentenced a former Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing employee to 10 years in prison for trade secret theft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

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

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

Besides, I fancy it is a trade secret, the tuning. 

From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew