California nondisclosure agreements aid in preventing the disclosure of confidential and proprietary information, including trade secrets. What constitutes a trade secret? A trade secret refers to confidential and proprietary information that encompasses valuable business knowledge, including formulas, processes, techniques, or any other data that gives a company a competitive advantage. It encompasses information that is […]
Trade Secrets and Former Employees
In our modern, complex society, many businesses develop, maintain, and rely upon trade secrets to shield competitive advantages in their marketplaces. A “Trade Secret” is information (including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process) that derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to the public (or to […]