How to Use trade secret in a Sentence
trade secret
noun-
In the case of Huawei, the DOJ is citing theft of trade secrets.
— Amrita Khalid, Quartz, 18 Feb. 2020 -
The second day will be closed to the public to shield trade secrets.
— Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 19 Sep. 2023 -
Canter has been coming to Prime 47 for close to a decade, to share trade secrets and get the framework of deals done.
— Jonathan Jones, SI.com, 8 Mar. 2018 -
The brand is somewhat of a trade secret for sport fishermen and surfers alike.
— Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 13 July 2023 -
The agency had claimed the records were trade secrets and exempt from Ohio's public records law.
— Mark Naymik, cleveland.com, 11 May 2018 -
Huawei sued Huang in 2017 over alleged trade secret theft.
— Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2019 -
Another was whether L’Oreal had stolen the trade secrets.
— Christopher Yasiejko, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2019 -
Levandowski is charged with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets.
— Nico Savidge, The Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2019 -
The blend of electrolyte and additives is what ends up being the subject of trade secrets.
— Wired, 23 Sep. 2019 -
The next piece of this puzzle would be a discussion of patents versus trade secrets.
— Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024 -
There are still laws on the books that protect companies’ trade secrets.
— Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2024 -
The question for jurors is whether that evidence amounts to a trade secret?
— Peter Holley, chicagotribune.com, 5 Feb. 2018 -
On top of that, Waymo has sued Uber, alleging theft of trade secrets.
— Farhad Manjoo, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2017 -
Levandowski faces 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets.
— Fox News, 27 Aug. 2019 -
Any piece of magic that betrayed a trade secret was off-limits.
— Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022 -
Marie Claire beauty director Ying Chu hit up Sephora to learn some trade secrets on how to fake that fun-in-the-sun skin.
— Kate Schweitzer, Marie Claire, 9 July 2010 -
In an email, Google confirmed Thursday that its water use numbers would no longer be a trade secret.
— Andrew Selsky, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2022 -
But Uber data is still marked as a trade secret, and public record requests must be run through Uber’s legal team.
— Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 29 June 2019 -
The order also throws out one of Waymo's nine alleged trade secrets.
— Joe Mullin, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2017 -
The judge also dismissed the idea that Apple stole trade secrets, and a jury sided with Apple 6-to-1.
— Mark Gurman, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2023 -
He is charged with theft of trade secrets, prosecutors said.
— Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2024 -
Schools are able to find these loopholes for public records laws for protecting trade secrets.
— Sean Illing, Vox, 14 Nov. 2018 -
The court filing redacted key figures to protect Google's trade secrets.
— Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 21 May 2024 -
For instance, an employee of an NBA team may, in the course of his or her employment, learn certain trade secrets.
— Michael McCann, SI.com, 20 Feb. 2018 -
Waymo sued Uber, arguing that Levandowski had taken Waymo trade secrets with him on the way out the door.
— Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 31 July 2018 -
What isn’t up for debate is what exactly is in the inner filling — because that’s a trade secret.
— Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023 -
The software that manages the battery’s thermal properties in a crash, on the other hand, is a complex trade secret.
— The Economist, 2 Jan. 2020 -
Fragrances are considered a trade secret and, therefore, do not have to be disclosed.
— Olivia Fleming & Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Aug. 2019 -
Once inside, users can pose as employees or system administrators, steal national or trade secrets, and shut the place down or hold it up for ransom.
— Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 27 July 2024 -
Companies have claimed some of the data is a trade secret, and the association has resisted efforts at more transparency.
— Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
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