tomsloat t1_jc6rqka wrote on March 14, 2023 at 1:39 PM Reply to TIL If Coca-Cola's inventor had decided to file a patent application in 1892 instead of keeping the recipe a secret, patent protection would have expired long before Pepsi ever came onto the market in 1965. Patent protection lasts 20 years at most. Trade secrets can last forever. by ethereal3xp The recipe is not that secret is it, take a drink, put something as addictive as possible in it, Permalink 0
tomsloat t1_jc6rqka wrote
Reply to TIL If Coca-Cola's inventor had decided to file a patent application in 1892 instead of keeping the recipe a secret, patent protection would have expired long before Pepsi ever came onto the market in 1965. Patent protection lasts 20 years at most. Trade secrets can last forever. by ethereal3xp
The recipe is not that secret is it, take a drink, put something as addictive as possible in it,