A Different Take on Trade Secrets

From what I understand to be a designer's blog, frog design comes Will Tomorrow's World Still Need Designers? which touches on trade secrets like this:

"Designers will create ingenious objects with hidden multi-functionality, devices that, for one reason or another, cloak what they can really do. We’ll also see designers pressed to find ways to better protect trade secrets and the valued expertise of the genius creator — in other words, designers will be designing objects that actually enhance their own professional lives and buttress their privileged position in society."

For the lawyers reading this especially: if we are going to talk about trade secrets, we need to keep the trade in mind as well as the law.

For business people: educate the lawyer handling your trade secrets case about your trade.