Re: lawsuit on copying ideas

I'm not strictly replying to the thread but asking a more general question that I hope is relevant to this list.

Presumably, if ideas are not copyrightable, trademark does not apply and there are no patent issues, there still may be a way to protect ideas.

For example, where the "originator" would like to present the idea to others in an attempt to negotiate a way to exploit them jointly, but is afraid that the recipients might try to exploit them without the originator, there should be a way to contractually bind the others. Isn't this the way trade secrets are protected?

If so, does anyone know of a place on-line or a treatise where I could look at examples of such contracts? Thx.

Dani Gluck
dgluck[_at_]londatraub.com Received on Tue Mar 21 2000 - 21:11:04 GMT