CHAL 30 |
| Companies often maintain and defend a practice or formula (such as the formula for Coca-Cola) as a trade secret to obtain a competitive advantage indefinitely. Other companies elect to seek patent status to make the public aware of the invention while excluding competitors from the field for a defined period of time. A conflict arises in the marketplace between the public interest versus the corporate interest depending on the chosen path. This presentation will examine the effects of companies' patent/trade secret decisions on the public and the marketplace. |
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Ethics Overview: Inequitable Conduct and Conflicts of Interest Issues in Intellectual Property
1:30 PM-5:05 PM, Tuesday, August 21, 2007 BCEC -- 257B, Oral
Division of Chemistry & the Law |