tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post3809464504128295272..comments2024-03-28T08:10:18.991+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Trade secrets: still useful if properly deployedVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-45842347652033043392010-09-01T09:04:24.972+01:002010-09-01T09:04:24.972+01:00Jeremy,
Thanks for the observation. IMHO, the MBA...Jeremy,<br /><br />Thanks for the observation. IMHO, the MBA challenge is to try and structure "anecdotes" in the classroom to something more durable. Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we don't; it is in the nature of the setting.Neilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-39804990513326447332010-09-01T08:56:18.581+01:002010-09-01T08:56:18.581+01:00Neil, you write in your comment (above), regarding...Neil, you write in your comment (above), regarding trade secrets teaching in the MBA setting: "the discussion is too anecdotal to be of much durable learning value". The student lawyer needs to be able to generalise the application of rules derived from specific instances, but the aggregation and making sense of anecdote is another way of describing a valuable commodity we call "experience". The outcome of the process of weighing up a single group of facts against a set of flexible rules is what we call "judgement" -- and I think that's what we charge clients for.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-91720790207618387292010-09-01T08:43:11.197+01:002010-09-01T08:43:11.197+01:00There is a huge divide in discourse over trade sec...There is a huge divide in discourse over trade secrets, depending upon whether the context is law-schoolish or MBA-ish. I have taught it in both settings. The trouble in the law school setting is that trade secrets fall between all of the recognized IP categories and that makess it difficult to present. MBA settings are much better because the students, once they figure out what a trade secret is, will share their collective experiences about how they have made use of trade secrets. Here, the problem is the opposite of the law class--sometimes the discussion is too anecdotal to be of much durable learning value.Neilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-8278022863551691102010-08-31T23:46:00.403+01:002010-08-31T23:46:00.403+01:00I once designed synthesizers when I used to be one...I once designed synthesizers when I used to be one of Lord Weinstock's innumerable peons, and I can attest that when it came to prescalers there was indeed rather few choices available beyond the Plessey line until the late 1980s, when the Japanese came into the market. Even with these a complete LO would involve some rather unelegant kludges to extend the chip's input frequency range, and you could fit a dozen of today's mobile phones in the room occupied by just one LO assembly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com