In order for something to be a trade secret, don't you have to protect whatever 'it' is?
Maybe I'm missing some key aspect to PayPal but what part of their tech/system is unique to PayPal, such that they can claim it is trade secret? I mean, if they aren't doing anything innovative and are just using existing technology in obvious ways (online payment processor), what could the trade secret possibly be? Something related to how they scale?
Paypal's whole anti-fraud system is trade secret. Also, their mobile payment system hasn't even launched yet, so there's no way for us to know what's in there.
Maybe I'm missing some key aspect to PayPal but what part of their tech/system is unique to PayPal, such that they can claim it is trade secret? I mean, if they aren't doing anything innovative and are just using existing technology in obvious ways (online payment processor), what could the trade secret possibly be? Something related to how they scale?