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On the recordApril 17, 1997
If the question was, does publication take away your right to do trade secret, I would have to say I am surprised at the question, because any patent takes away your chance to use trade secret. Publication is not the operational problem there, it is the desire to ask for a patent.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Addressing concerns about the relationship between publication and trade secret rights.

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