Coulibaly, Mantiaba - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
To protect intellectual property (IP), organizations use different kinds of mechanisms such as patent, secret or trade … secret (Hannah, 2005; 2007). Patent grants to the holder a temporary monopoly position including the right to sue for … infringement (Hussinger, 2005). Secret or trade secret is defined as “any valuable piece of information that is not commonly known …