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RE: [dvd-discuss] FW: SJ MercuryNews, Ruling a blow for DVD industry (11-02-2001) (Emailing: dvdsuit02.htm)
- To: "'dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu'" <dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu>
- Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] FW: SJ MercuryNews, Ruling a blow for DVD industry (11-02-2001) (Emailing: dvdsuit02.htm)
- From: Richard Hartman <hartman(at)onetouch.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 10:13:02 -0800
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The thing that this murky news article neglects to mention is that trade
secret protection is only from those who have the obligation to keep
the secret but do not. And perhaps those who can be shown to have
directly stolen the secret from the owners (i.e. you break in to the vault
in Atlanta to aquire the Coca Cola recipie, but you leave your fingerprints
behind).
Independant discovery of a process that somebody else considers to
be "their secret" is _not_ legally prohibited.
--
-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com
186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
-----Original Message-----
From: juergen + barbara [mailto:jmhoraze@compuserve.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 12:25 PM
To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
Subject: [dvd-discuss] FW: SJ MercuryNews, Ruling a blow for DVD industry
(11-02-2001) (Emailing: dvdsuit02.htm)
f.y.i. -- (a bit behind in reading news, mails, etc.)
*jm*
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/business/docs/dvdsuit02.htm
<http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/business/docs/dvdsuit02.htm>