AI companies should familiarize themselves with trade secret law to safeguard their innovations. A company does not need to register a trade secret to invoke it in litigation, unlike other IP ...

Trade secrets are a cornerstone in the strategic architecture of businesses, representing invaluable assets that give it a competitive edge. These could encompass formulas, practices, processes, ...

In the interconnected, global business environment, trade secret information regularly crosses international boundaries, and trade secret misappropriation can occur anywhere in the world. Trade secret ...

CommentaryAttorney Analysis from Westlaw Today, a part of Thomson Reuters. April 09, 2024 - There are four types of intellectual property rights: patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.

While perhaps not as attention grabbing as those copyright cases, trade secret law—developed over decades through common law decisions and state and federal statutes—will likely be one of the key ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize the economy, courts are increasingly being asked to determine whether AI models and algorithms can be protected as trade secrets. Yet case ...

Trade secrets often wind up being disclosed unintentionally at trade shows or in magazine articles, publications, press releases or speeches. Engineers, marketing executives, mid-level managers, and ...

“The question is not whether your trade secret will become common knowledge at some point, but rather, whether you can keep it secret long enough to have derived enough value from a cost-benefit ...

For investment professionals, understanding the ins and outs of trade secrets is not just about compliance — it’s about business. Whether researching a startup, doing due diligence on an acquisition, ...

This is an Insight article, written by a selected contributor as part of WTR's co-published content. Read more on Insight Bad actors are constantly developing new ways to complicate detection and ...