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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:33549 comp.unix.bsd:6622 misc.legal:24999 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!agate!curtis From: curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.bsd,misc.legal Subject: Re: Question on Diamond Clock Synthesizer Date: 15 Oct 1992 04:50:15 GMT Organization: CS Dept. Snakepit - Do Not Feed. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <1bita7INN9ov@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <1992Oct13.050754.4113@sinkhole.unf.edu> <1992Oct13.175214.19534@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1bfp2oINNn4a@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cobra.cs.berkeley.edu In article <1bfp2oINNn4a@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> brtmac@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu (Brett McCoy) writes: >In <1992Oct13.175214.19534@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: > >That's ridiculous. You can't be held liable for leaking a trade secret >if you never signed a non-disclosure agreement. In the US today, you can be held liable for just about _anything_. Whether the plaintiff will win is another thing. I rather doubt Diamond would have much of a case. I also rather doubt that the judge would throw it out of court. Which means you're out big bucks anyway, unless you countersue, which could fail and cost you even bigger bucks. Welcome to the real world. If you don't like it, vote to change it. c