Sentences with phrase «independent economic value»

The Act defines a «trade secret» as information that «(1) derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by the public or any other person who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and (2) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.»

Anything that has independent economic value for a company can be considered a trade secret.

Under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, adopted in most states, information counts as a trade secret if it meets three criteria: The information must have independent economic value to people outside the company, the information must be generally unknown and unlikely to be discovered by lawful means, and the owner of the secret must make efforts to maintain the secret.

Not exact matches

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

Individualistic countries value individual effort and achievement and thus are in favor of redistribution of family wealth toward creating more equal economic opportunities, independent of the social context (i.e., wealth of the family) into which one is born, which legitimizes high inheritance taxes.

«As consumers continue to demand a wide range of high quality, full - flavored beers, small and independent craft brewers are meeting this growing demand with innovative offerings, creating high levels of economic value in the process.»

Classes include «full bio» As consumers continue to demand a wide range of high quality, full - flavored beers, small and independent craft brewers are meeting this growing demand with innovative offerings, creating high levels of economic value in the process.

Founded in 1932, Miquon is a Progressive independent school that values racial, ethnic, economic, religious, gender, and social diversity.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana believes in the principles that democratic societies provide individuals with the best conditions for political liberty, personal freedom, equality of opportunity and economic development under the rule of law; and therefore being committed to advancing the social and political values on which democratic societies are founded, including the basic personal freedoms and human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prosperity.

Rawls was aware of the moral value of independent economic activity, but he thought that legislatures concerned to make sensible social policy were the proper places to work out the balance between economic rights and other competing interests.

«Given the sensitivity of having a $ 9 million valued asset that will be transferred with no economic benefit back to NYSERDA, and given some on going audits in, let's just call it, the business, not related to NYSERDA, is it worth having an independent opinion on this particular issue?»

«Given the sensitivity of having a nine million dollar valued asset that will be transferred with no economic benefit back to NYERDA, and given some on going audits in, let's just call it, the business, not related to NYSERDA, is it worth having an independent opinion on this particular issue?»

The beauty is the discount price reduces your risk, while the path to value is often pretty independent of the economic climate.

the most truly inconvenient truth is that the world's economic system, which is based on fractional reserve banking (which essentially allows for printing money whenever a government chooses to do so, independent of any real productive value underlying the printed currency), which then requires constant growth to pay the interest on ever increasingly debt on the new «money» that is then used to create loans or government financing of whatever.

Independent study analyzes monetary value of the co-benefits from First Climate's Household Biogas Project in India In addition to emissions reductions, carbon offsetting delivers an array of economic, social and environmental co-benefits.

In unregulated markets — with independent system operators — a clear economic value is much easier to predict and measure.

Its reputation and value since the first edition in 1933 rest on two main factors: the study presents unbiased data and facts from an independent and impartial organisation, and the second factor is the sheer amount of resource and other key energy data together with analysis of technological, economic and environmental aspects assessed on global, regional and country levels.

«The Value of Green Labels in the California Housing Market» is the first in - depth, large - scale independent economic analysis of the value of green home labels in CalifoValue of Green Labels in the California Housing Market» is the first in - depth, large - scale independent economic analysis of the value of green home labels in Califovalue of green home labels in California.

«The Value of Green Labels in the California Housing Market» is the first rigorous, large - scale independent economic analysis of the value of green home labels in CalifoValue of Green Labels in the California Housing Market» is the first rigorous, large - scale independent economic analysis of the value of green home labels in Califovalue of green home labels in California.

Under the base - case projection of the independent actuary, FHA's FY2013 book should add an additional $ 11 billion in economic value to the Fund.