Protected Subject Matter Patents - products, processes, compositions of matter and improvements thereof Trade secrets- Very broad: virtually any information or expression, whether or not recorded, qualifies for trade secret protection if its limited availability gives it economic value and is reasonably guarded (includes a drawing, cost data, customer list, formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process Semiconductor Chip Protection- The intangible information content in a three-dimensional blueprint for a semiconductor chip, i.e.
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