Re: reverse engineering a color?

On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, gbluhm[_at_]galapagos.harvard.edu (Gerald M. Bluhm) wrote:
>
> Greg S. MacGowan <greg.macgowan[_at_]law.uc.edu> wrote:
>>
>> You're suggesting that we make colors copyrightable. Probably not a good
>> idea. (-:
>
> How about trade secret law? Suppose there were an express license on
> the exterior of the paint can stating that the particular mixture
> was a trade secret and opening the can was the user's manifestation
> of acceptance of the license to use, but not analyze, the paint...?

I doubt that would fit the definition of secrecy in the Uniform Trade Secret Act--it would paint too many people into a corner (sorry, couldn't resist).

Harold Federow
<hfederow[_at_]u.washington.edu> Received on Thu Oct 31 1996 - 01:32:18 GMT