### Question
Can you define what trade secret means?


### Answer
**Trade secret** is defined as the following 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**

