A company can protect its confidential information through non-compete non-disclosure contracts with its employees. The law of protection of confidential information effectively allows a perpetual monopoly in secret information - it does not expire as would a patent or trademark. The lack of formal protection, however, means that a third party is not prevented from independently duplicating and using the secret information once it is discovered.
'Friday Night Lights' is a slow-developing play Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 'Friday Night Lights' is back with its clock-controlling game plan and winning playmakers. Go, Panthers!
THIS IS how new characters make their way onto " Friday Night Lights": They creep. The producers and writers of this finely whittled show know this: There are few truly grand entrances in life. And so when a fresh face needs introduction, it's in neatly doled-out dabs -- seen from a distance, barely sniffable at first. After a little while, when that person becomes central to a plot line, it's with a heavy inevitability. They've been there all the while, it seems, waiting for a change in tide.
'Dexter's' bloody-minded expert Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Real-life crime scene investigator Kimberlee Heale helps TV's 'Dexter' get the job done the right way.
WHEN Kimberlee Heale was a little girl growing up in Covina and San Diego, she used to ask her father, a firefighter, to describe traffic accidents. By the time she took a tour of the FBI Crime Lab as an eighth-grader, she knew that a career in forensics was for her.
Biden-Palin debate smashes ratings records Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:38:24 -0700 It was by far the most-watched vice presidential debate since 1960.
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Trade Secrets - PBS investigative report by Bill Moyers about how human health and safety have been put at risk by the chemical industry. Includes documents obtained during a lawsuit against chemical companies. Advocates citizen action.
Meta Description: [ This site is the companion to the PBS documentary Trade
Secrets: A Bill Moyers report which explores a secret archive of the
chemical industry that document efforts of chemical companies to thwart the
public's right to know about the health implications of synthetic chemicals
like vinyl chlor... ]
, Serenity follows captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds and his ragtag crew as they trade their way around the edges of ...