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Re:Opera claims ex-employee took trade secrets to Mozilla, s... by claudius on Monday April 29, 2013 @08:08AM (#5625567)
Last time I checked, Norway was not really part of the US, so the law might actually be different…
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Re:Opera claims ex-employee took trade secrets to Mozilla, s... by eliasmacpherson on Monday April 29, 2013 @08:21AM (#5625619)
It's not just a US concept. Norway seems to have fairly strong protections on the expression of ideas - i.e. you can't copyright ideas in many cases. I wonder do they have special laws for trade secrets. Opera are going to have difficulty hiring people if they are suing former employees.
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Re:Opera claims ex-employee took trade secrets to Mozilla, s... by icebraining on Monday April 29, 2013 @08:37AM (#5625702)
Pretty sure you can't copyright ideas anywhere.
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Re:Opera claims ex-employee took trade secrets to Mozilla, s... by homosaur on Monday April 29, 2013 @11:08AM (#5626610)
Be sure to let the US Patent Office know about that.
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Re:Opera claims ex-employee took trade secrets to Mozilla, s... by whafro on Monday April 29, 2013 @11:38AM (#5626842)
The USPTO is likely well aware that they have nothing to do with copyright, just the Patents and Trademarks mentioned in their name.
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