An employee for a beverage company combines the ingredients used in creating the mix. Later he is fired from the company and decides to sell the same mix under a new label to a competing company. What concept might be represented in this action?

a. a copyright violation
b. a trade secret, provided a nondisclosure was signed by the employee
c. a trade secret, regardless of the lack of a nondisclosure agreement
d. No violation. Secrets are secrets only until they are known.


b. a trade secret, provided a nondisclosure was signed by the employee

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