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Why some companies hide their most valuable formulas

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A formal patent forces you to eventually reveal your brilliant invention to the world, so sometimes it is vastly better to just trust absolutely nobody. Trade secrets protect extremely valuable corporate formulas and algorithms by simply locking them in a vault and forcing every engineer to sign aggressive non-disclosure agreements, maintaining a permanent, profitable mystery.

Why some companies hide their most valuable formulas
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