Trade Secrets

The owner of a trade secret is protected against invasion of his rights therein by fraud or breach of trust or contract; Tabor v. Hoffman, 118 N. Y. 36, 23 N. E. 12, 16 Am. St. Rep. 740. So long as one keeps his secret process from disclosure, equity will enjoin any one who discovers it through fraud from disclosing or using it; Dr. Miles Medical Co. v. Park & Sons Co., 220 U. S. 373, 402, 31 Sup. Ct. 376, 55 L. Ed. 502; O. & W. Thum Co. v. Tloczynski, 114 Mich. 149, 72 N. W. 140, 38 L. R. A. 200, 68 Am. St. Rep. 469; and a purchaser not the right of action against a subsequent innocent purchaser from the owner; Stewart v. Hook, 118 Ga. 445, 45 S. E. 369, 63 L. R. A. 255). He may protect himself by contract against its disclosure by one to whom it is communicated in confidence or restrict its use by such person; Park & Sons Co. v. Hartman, 153 Fed. 24, 82 C. C. A. 158, 12