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Re:Amazon met with startups about investing, then launched c... by thisisnico on Thursday July 23, 2020 @03:17PM (#23931150)
Those are then described as trade secrets and have their own protections as well.
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Re:Amazon met with startups about investing, then launched c... by kingbirdy on Thursday July 23, 2020 @03:48PM (#23931505)
Trade secret protections can be quite strong as well. In 2006, 3 people were arrested by the FBI for trying to sell Coke formulas to Pepsi.

Contemporary article: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/06/business/06coke.html

More dramatized version with info from court proceedings: https://thehustle.co/coca-cola-stolen-recipe

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