Apple Trade Secret Suit Final Arguments Today

An anonymous reader writes "The final day of arguments takes place today in Santa Clara, CA, in the suit between Apple and the bloggers who outed their secrets." From the article: "Apple often dispatched cease and desist letters to the editors or these sites or initiated internal investigations to smoke out which of its employees were leaking information. But the lawsuit against the Power Page marked the first time that Apple attempted to use California law protecting corporate trade secrets to suppress the early disclosure of its product development plans by a Web media outlet. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is representing the Does, or the unnamed sources of the alleged information leak, contends that a ruling in this case could set a precedent that determines whether online sites can qualify as journalists who can work under First Amendment protections"

Comments

Wrong. Sorry.

[hummassa]

Disclosing trade secrets has done and does do appreciable damage to the company for whom they are secrets.

???!!!

Disclosing Apple's "trade secrets" in casu means telling the public about some upcoming launch -- and this will enhance the hype about the launched product, thus enhancing sales (I would know, I do have a fifth-gen iPod... which was hyped this exact way). Absolutely no harm was done: hell, I think the offending Doe could even prove in court that he actually leaked the launch to HELP Apple's sales.

Apple is pissed off because they don't know how to find a leak (you know, the colorant in the water etc.)

Face the facts:

[hummassa]

There is _no_ competitors. Where an Apple product is in -- especially iPods -- its market share is segregated and guaranteed.