RE: RE: How Many Trees? (WAS: URGENT: Immediate ethical issue)

[Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- pixelink -dot- com>]

Gene Kim-Eng wrote: 

> The only way to
> preserve your exclusivity on researched information is to 
> keep it secret and not publish it.

And *that* is the big difference between a patent and a trade secret.
Patents give others the right to use your technology for a fee, and patents
expire.  Trade secrets stay that way for as long as you can keep them from
being leaked.

Cheers ... Kim
kim.roper at pixelink.com
http://www.pixelink.com/
 

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