2024-11-09 2024-11-09 , online online, 1,280 € zzgl. MwSt. Donal O'Connell https://www.forum-institut.de/seminar/25031130-trade-secrets-asset-management-and-protection/referenten/25/25_03/25031130-seminar-trade-secret-protection_oconnell-donal.jpg Trade Secrets: Asset Management and Protection

This live webcast course provides essential understanding of statutory and contractual trade secret protection especially against insider and outsider theft. The online course assists in the organization of statutory and contractual instruments and helps to understand their impact on corporate life.

The Contents of the Online Course
  • The various changes taking place impacting trade secrets
  • Disputes and litigation
  • The importance of trade secret metadata
  • Insights gained from companies taking trade secrets seriously
  • Diverse entities with an interest in trade secrets
  • The journey a company must take when it comes to trade secret asset management


Who should attend
Are you working in a corporate patent/IP department or in IP private practice and need to know how to best protect trade secrets in your company or for your client? Then this course is for you. Knowledge of IP is required.
The Objectives of the Online Course
'Knowledge is Power' - of all the intangible assets, trade secrets are the most intangible, most valuable and most prone to theft of all. Although trade secrets have been the neglected step-child of IP, this is slowly but surely changing for a variety of reasons. They gain economic importance worldwide and drive competitive advantage and shareholder value of any corporation. Trade secrets are nowadays a very important part of any intangible asset portfolio. It is no exaggeration to say that virtually every business possesses trade secrets, regardless of whether the business is small, medium or large. These assets could and should be protected as trade secrets, but the truth is that many fail to do so properly.

This online seminar explores the subject of trade secrets and trade secret asset management. Participants will be able to reach an informed decision when to patent and when to go for trade secret protection.
Your benefit

  • You will learn to know when to patent and when to go for trade secret protection.
  • You will get an update on trade secret protection trends in key jurisdictions.
  • You will learn how to set up a trade secret asset management system.

25031130 Seminar - Trade Secret Protection

Trade Secrets: Asset Management and Protection

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This live webcast course provides essential understanding of statutory and contractual trade secret protection especially against insider and outsider theft. The online course assists in the organization of statutory and contractual instruments and helps to understand their impact on corporate life.

The Contents of the Online Course

  • The various changes taking place impacting trade secrets
  • Disputes and litigation
  • The importance of trade secret metadata
  • Insights gained from companies taking trade secrets seriously
  • Diverse entities with an interest in trade secrets
  • The journey a company must take when it comes to trade secret asset management


Who should attend
Are you working in a corporate patent/IP department or in IP private practice and need to know how to best protect trade secrets in your company or for your client? Then this course is for you. Knowledge of IP is required.

The Objectives of the Online Course

'Knowledge is Power' - of all the intangible assets, trade secrets are the most intangible, most valuable and most prone to theft of all. Although trade secrets have been the neglected step-child of IP, this is slowly but surely changing for a variety of reasons. They gain economic importance worldwide and drive competitive advantage and shareholder value of any corporation. Trade secrets are nowadays a very important part of any intangible asset portfolio. It is no exaggeration to say that virtually every business possesses trade secrets, regardless of whether the business is small, medium or large. These assets could and should be protected as trade secrets, but the truth is that many fail to do so properly.

This online seminar explores the subject of trade secrets and trade secret asset management. Participants will be able to reach an informed decision when to patent and when to go for trade secret protection.

Your benefit

  • You will learn to know when to patent and when to go for trade secret protection.
  • You will get an update on trade secret protection trends in key jurisdictions.
  • You will learn how to set up a trade secret asset management system.

Detailed programme

09:00 to 17:00 CET

Definition of a trade secret
  • Exploring the issues of secrecy, value and reasonable protection
  • Trade secrets in different jurisdictions - US, Europe, China, Japan, Russia
  • Exceptions

The various changes taking place impacting trade secrets
  • Law changes in key jurisdictions
  • Increased litigation
  • Tax issues related to trade secrets
  • Patent reform
  • Open Innovation and the link to trade secrets
  • Changing nature of employment
  • Technology developments
  • Cyber crime
  • Trade wars

Disputes and litigation
  • Some case studies
  • The anatomy of a trade secret court case
  • Reasonable particularity
  • Some facts and figures

Current state within most companies
  • Recent studies and their findings
  • Benchmark data

A+ companies
  • What is best in class

The importance of trade secret metadata
  • Definition of trade secret metadata
  • Examples
  • Use cases

Diverse entities with an interest in trade secrets
  • IP Insurance
  • Litigation funders
  • Tax authorities
  • Investors

The journey a company must take when it comes to trade secret asset management
  • Trade secret asset management maturity ladder
  • The initial baby steps
  • Pilot projects

Agenda

Timetable

The agenda has been adapted specifically to the medium and the respective seminar. It is as follows:

09:00 CET Start of the course
10:15 CET Break
12:30 CET Lunch break
15:30 CET Break
17:00 CET End of the course

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Testimonials

Testimonial
'He is in my opinion one of the persons at global level that knows the most about trade secrets. Donal is also very generous with his time and knowledge and a great colleague to call when in doubt about trade secrets.'

Robertha Höglund, Head of IP

Elkem AS