How to Use trade secret in a Sentence

trade secret

noun
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  • 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
  • The brand is somewhat of a trade secret for sport fishermen and surfers alike.
    — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 13 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Conspiring to and attempting to steal trade secrets is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Both men have been charged with conspiring and attempting to steal trade secrets from a US company and could face up to 10 years in prison, the statement said.
    — Max De Haldevang, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Twitter is accusing Meta of stealing trade secrets for its new Threads app.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 July 2023
  • The four men are also charged with stealing trade secrets of a database the company developed.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The public access counselor initially found that the hospitals had failed to show that the spending amounted to a trade secret.
    — Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Amazon declined to release some specifics on the device, citing trade secrets.
    — Alan Levin, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
  • In February, against all odds, Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber for the alleged theft of its self-driving trade secrets went to trial.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 29 Dec. 2018
  • As the case goes to trial, Tripp and Tesla will try to build a factual record to show that Tripp did—or didn't—violate trade secret and computer crime laws.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The suit also said the university cannot claim that the videos are either trade secrets, proprietary, or commercially valuable material.
    — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2024

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