Stardust Coffee Company a U.S. business firm, makes and sells distinc¬tively flavored coffee beverages. Although the recipes are secret, the ingre¬di¬ents could be revealed and the sauces could be reconstructed with dili¬gent efforts. What can Stardust do to prevent its products from being "decoded" and pirated abroad?
One possibility is that Stardust Coffee Company, or any U.S. firm, or any domestic firm in any nation, can license its recipe, formula, prod¬uct, or process to a foreign company to avoid the theft of the trade se¬cret. The foreign firm would obtain the right to make and sell the product ac¬cording to the recipe (or formula, or right to use the process, or other trade secret) and agree to keep the information confidential and to pay royalties to the licensing firm.
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