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2008.09.17

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Today's Lesson
TRADE SECRET   企業秘密

Explanation

  • A trade secret is a process, design, recipe, etc., that is used to make a product and is known only by the company that makes the product.
  • trade secret とは、製品を作るために使われ、製造会社のみが知っている、製造過程、デザイン、レシピなど、つまり、企業秘密のことです。

TRADE SECRET

examples

  1. The recipe for Berlitz Fried Chicken is a trade secret. Although many have tried, no one matches our flavor.
  2. A former employee was sued for selling trade secrets to a competitor.
  3. a: Are you going to patent the process?
    b: No, we're going to keep it a trade secret rather than risk losing our competitive advantage.

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