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Many companies use both patents and trade secrets to protect inventions. However, since these two forms of protection are mutually exclusive in a fundamental regard (i.e., whether or not to disclose an invention), companies must often chose between the two forms of protection. Each has advantages over the other that should be carefully considered when forming the appropriate intellectual property strategy.
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The UTSA is discussed above in the chapter on trade secrets.
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Halt, G.B., Fesnak, R., Donch, J.C., Stiles, A.R. (2014). Deciding Between Patent or Trade Secret Protection. In: Intellectual Property in Consumer Electronics, Software and Technology Startups. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7912-3_8
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