Mike is a high school dropout employed as a counter worker at a Kentucky Fried Chicken Outlet (KFC)in Georgia.He has been voted the employee of the month and has been awarded a trip to Louisville,KY to visit the KFC headquarters.While there,he notices an open wall safe and when he looks inside he discovers the Colonels secret recipe of 23 herbs and spices.He quickly makes a copy and returns the original to the safe.Once he arrives home he contacts a number of local fried chicken restaurants and offers to sell them the recipe.When KFC finds out what he's doing they immediately sue him,but discover that there are no applicable trade secret statutes.What effect does the failure of an applicable statute have and what,if anything,can KFC do?

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The Answer of Mike is a high school dropout employed as a counter worker at a Kentucky Fried Chicken Outlet (KFC)in Georgia.He has been voted the employee of the month and has been awarded a trip to Louisville,KY to visit the KFC headquarters.While there,he notices an open wall safe and when he looks inside he discovers the Colonels secret recipe of 23 herbs and spices.He quickly makes a copy and returns the original to the safe.Once he arrives home he contacts a number of local fried chicken restaurants and offers to sell them the recipe.When KFC finds out what he's doing they immediately sue him,but discover that there are no applicable trade secret statutes.What effect does the failure of an applicable statute have and what,if anything,can KFC do?

Mike Is a High School Dropout Employed as a Counter