Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California

without a provisional or full patent, and just journals, copies, photographs, proof of dates, is my idea protected?


Asked on 9/26/10, 7:51 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Bryan Whipple Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law

In my view, you would have a degree of protection - i.e., you'd have grounds for a suit - against anyone who misappropriated your idea under trade-secret legal concepts, but misappropriation is a limited arena and does not include independent discovery. Misappropriation might occur if someone stole your drawings, or someone with whom you had a confidentiality agreement breached it.

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Answered on 10/01/10, 8:58 am


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