Intellectual Property,
Corporate
Oct. 9, 2019
Developing a trade secret protection program to reduce risk and increase court enforcement
Companies rely on trade secrets for competitive advantage. Theft of those assets hurts them by empowering competitors who have not invested the intellectual and financial capital needed to create them. Trade secret theft can also demoralize company sales, R&D and other employees who helped create the trade secrets only to have a former employee or business partner, now a competitor, seek to profit from their labor.
Mark Terman
Partner
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Email: Mark.Terman@dbr.com
Mark is the national vice-chair of the firm's Labor & Employment Practice Group.
Companies rely on trade secrets for competitive advantage. Theft of those assets hurts them by empowering competitors who have not invested the intellectual and financial capital needed to create them. Trade secret theft can also demoralize company sales, R&D and other employees who helped create the trade secrets only to have a former employee or business partner, now a competitor, see...
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