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Patents vs. Trade Secrets

By Rick Colosimo | June 26, 2012 | Comments Off on Patents vs. Trade Secrets

Here’s a quick link to a brief introductory article on the differences between patents and trade secrets as an IP protection strategy. There are more questions and quirks than this, of course, but that’s why legal advice is always custom.

Posted in Five-minute lawyer and tagged IP
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