Trista has come up with a secret recipe for cookies and has sold them through exclusive outlets all around Atlanta.Sales are skyrocketing and her friends tell her to patent the recipe.However,she does not want to even tell the government agency her secret ingredients.Is there anything she can do to keep the recipe legally protected?
A) No, not unless she is willing to register her recipe.
B) Yes, her recipe can be considered a trade secret and is already afforded legal protection.
C) Yes, she can declare her recipe a trade secret and register it with the U.S. Trade Secret Agency.
D) Yes, but any protection she obtains will only be recognized in the state of Georgia, where she lives.

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Trista can consider her recipe a trade secret, which is a confidential business practice or formula that gives a company a competitive edge. Trade secrets can include formulas, processes, patterns, designs, or compilations of data that are not generally known or discoverable by others who might benefit from it. As long as Trista keeps her recipe a secret, established commercially and has value, it is already legally protected as a trade secret. Therefore, she does not need to register it with any agency or disclose it to anyone to maintain legal protection.

Trista Has Come Up with a Secret Recipe for Cookies