Sunday, September 09, 2007

TRADE SECRET, CONTRACT AND REVERSE ENGINEERING

(Adopted from the speech 'Intellectual Property Rights in Computer Software' delivered by Justice Yatindra Singh Judge Allahabad High Court on 31st July 2005 at Judges' Round Table Conference on IPR held at Kolkata)

1890 advertisement of Coca cola - the best kept secret  - from Wikipedia

TRADE SECRET AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE
TRADE SECRET/ UNDISCLOSED INFORMATION
Trade secret or undisclosed information is an area of intellectual property required to be protected under TRIPS. Trade Secret, as its name suggests, is a secret.

AMU Case - Sixth & seven (a)th Point

In 1981, amendments were made in the Aligarh Muslim University Act broadly providing the University to mean the educational institution of t...