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1. Query the internet for an article on "Trade Secrets 2006." Summarize the findings (maximum of two pages, double-spaced).

2. Write a couple of paragraphs about something in an office setting that might qualify as a trade secret. What is being done to protect it?

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1. Query the internet for an article on "Trade Secrets 2006." Summarize the findings (maximum of two pages, double-spaced).

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/04/20/financial/f155739D66.DTL&type=printable

The article discusses the challenges faced by Apple Computer Inc. and the effects the outcome of the lawsuit will have on the rights of journalists. In the 6th District Court of Appeals, Apple Computer Inc. is seeking to identify the sources who leaked confidential information about an unreleased product to online media outlets in 2004. Apple has reason to believe that their own company employees violated their trade secrets. In an effort to discover the employees who were involved, Apple subpoenaed the Internet service providers of three online journalists to turn over e-mail records to uncover the possible sources.

The civil liberties organization, in support of the journalists', argues that the First Amendment should not be ...

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