What qualifies as a trade secret under US law, and what is the absolute minimum I need to do to legally defend mine on a shoestring budget?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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What qualifies as a trade secret under US law, and what is the absolute minimum I need to do to legally defend mine on a shoestring budget?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Defend Trade Secrets Act 18 USC 1839 trade secret reasonable measures text Cornell Legal Information InstituteGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
USPTO trade secrets reasonable efforts protect trade secrets small business confidentiality access controlsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDYes / no
18 USC 1836 DTSA exemplary damages attorney fees notice immunity whistleblower disclosure 18 USC 1833Google ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
Defend Trade Secrets Act 18 USC 1839 trade secret reasonable measures text Cornell Legal Information Institute Google ↗
USPTO trade secrets reasonable efforts protect trade secrets small business confidentiality access controls Google ↗
18 USC 1836 DTSA exemplary damages attorney fees notice immunity whistleblower disclosure 18 USC 1833 Google ↗
- Justice Manual | 1127. 18 U.S.C. § 1831 Element Three—The Information Was a Trade Secret · justice.gov
- Trade secret policy · uspto.gov
- How to Protect Trade Secrets? · wipo.int
- 18 U.S.C. § 1833: Exceptions to prohibitions · uscode.house.gov
- U.S.C. Title 18 · govinfo.gov
- Section 1333.61 - Ohio Revised Code · codes.ohio.gov
- Section 1333.62 - Ohio Revised Code · codes.ohio.gov
- Hance v. Cleveland Clinic Found. · supremecourt.ohio.gov
- 18 U.S.C. § 1836: Civil proceedings · uscode.house.gov
- 18 U.S. Code § 1836 - Civil proceedings | U.S. Code | US Law · law.cornell.edu
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Defend Trade Secrets Act 18 USC 1839 trade secret reasonable measures text Cornell Legal Information Institute OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
USPTO trade secrets reasonable efforts protect trade secrets small business confidentiality access controls OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Yes / no | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
18 USC 1836 DTSA exemplary damages attorney fees notice immunity whistleblower disclosure 18 USC 1833 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |