### Question
What does trade secret mean?


### Answer
**Trade secret** has the following meaning in *18 U.S.C. § 1839*:

> all forms and types of financial, business, scientific, technical, economic, or engineering information, including patterns, plans, compilations, program devices, formulas, designs, prototypes, methods, techniques, processes, procedures, programs, or codes, whether tangible or intangible, and whether or how stored, compiled, or memorialized physically, electronically, graphically, photographically, or in writing if—


(A) the owner thereof has taken reasonable measures to keep such information secret

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 1839*
  - Heading: **PART I-CRIMES > CHAPTER 90-PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS**

