Question: Freddie's Frank Factory ( FFF ) has an extremely secretive recipe for cooking burgers in its restaurant. FFF considers this recipe a trade

Freddie's Frank Factory ("FFF") has an extremely secretive recipe for cooking burgers in its restaurant. FFF considers this recipe a trade secret, as that is one of the reasons it is in business. Ten years after FFF opens, Beaulah's Burger Joint ("Beaulah's") starts using the same recipe, which it formulated independently of FFF. The owners of FFF sue the owners of Beaulah's for infringement on the intellectual property. Who will win the lawsuit and why? The owners of FFF will win because it is widely believed that the formula of both stores is the same. The owners of FFF will win because they had the trade secret for over ten years before Beaulah's began using it. The owners of Beaulah's will win because trade secrets do not hold any protection value if another party stumbled on the same idea. The owners of Beaulah's will win because they did not know they were infringing on someone's intellectual property. The judge will rule that both parties can use the burger cooking technique because there is not enough evidence to decide.

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