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Chauncey's Cheesecake Cabin award winning cheesecake recipe is kept in an unlocked glass box located in the middle of the store's lobby. The box is roped off with and has a sign that says "Here lies Holy Grail to Perfect Cheesecakes $-$ Touch at your own risk!". When the recipe is secretly taken out of the glass box and published online by a customer who tonk the risk, Chauncey sues. The customer's best defense is:

a$.$ The recipe is barely legible and very difficult to follow.

b$.$ The $70$ years of protection under trade secret law has expired, so it is available to the public in any event.

c$.$ Chauncey's did not take reasonable steps to protect the secret from disclosure.

d$.$ The recipe did not contain adequate baking instructions.