Trade no-longer-secret?

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Coca-Cola's secret recipe may have been revealed:
http://ti.me/ezSMI4
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/15/is-this-the-real-thing-coca-colas-secret-
formula-discovered/

Although it hasn't yet been determined if this is the original recipe, or if there is 
enough information to recreate the current version, this is interesting for a couple 
of reasons.  If a trade secret isn't secret anymore, it loses protection.  On the 
other hand, Coke also owns the world's most widely recognized trade*mark*, so 
even if the secret gets out, I doubt they'll go broke any time soon ...

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