Yes, by trade secret law:
To be a trade secret, the secret must have it's value from the fact that it is secret.
Coke, Pepsi, Dr.Pepper, they all have trade secret protection.
Theft thereof is serverely punished, and Trade secret don't expire like patents.

o.O trade secrets are protected by law?? How utterly ridiculous

Hardly.
it's why coke sells, people (some) like it so well.
If you did something, wouldn't you want to keep people from stealing it?

Yes, but a law protecting it is stupid.

No, you could keep it a secret without the law protecting it.

then someone could just take ur shiz and use it.

True, but if someone does get it, you're screwed.

And if you do steal someone's trade secret without the law protecting that trade secret, then that person wouldn't have the right to sue you and you wouldn't have to face the consequences for your actions...

However, there's always a price to pay. That's how life works these days...

Spicy rice noodles. Mm.

David Cat wrote:No, you could keep it a secret without the law protecting it.

And what if an employee who had to know the secret to work in the company wanted to sell the secret to your rival company?

Which has happened before but Pepsi reported him to the police when a guy from the Coca Cola company tried to sell the recipe to them.

.....

/facepalm

Since when was there only as strict set of tastes DC? There are thousands of flavors, and there are new ones developing. Coke is just one unique flavor. Problem is that not everyone likes it...

They should.

Coke > Pepsi

Well, whatever it tastes like, it tastes horrid.

Never tried Coca Cola, DC?

Yes i have actually. It was horrid.

David Cat wrote:Yes i have actually. It was horrid.

David Cat is like the bird in his siggy.

And though some of those ideals I don't agree with, I gotta give him props.

Eggs and toast.

I prefer neither Coke or Pepsi...7UP for the win. :D

Cheese pizza...ugh.

I scrape the cheese off my pizzas :P

...so you're eating tomato sauce on bread, basically?