Between trade secret protection and patenting, which strategy is better for securing custom software source code that my small development team built?
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Between trade secret protection and patenting, which strategy is better for securing custom software source code that my small development team built?
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United States trade secret software source code reasonable measures Defend Trade Secrets Act patent software abstract ideas USPTO guidanceGoogle ↗
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United States trade secret software source code reasonable measures Defend Trade Secrets Act patent software abstract ideas USPTO guidance Google ↗
- 2106-Patent Subject Matter Eligibility · uspto.gov
- Trade Secret Intellectual Property Toolkit · uspto.gov