When developing breakthrough technology, startups face a critical decision: pursue patent protection or maintain trade secrets. The choice depends on your technology's detectability and vulnerability ...

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we will explore the age-old question about whether it is best to keep an innovation as a trade secret or if it makes sense to seek patent protection. And while this ...

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, ...

As 2025 draws to a close, the trade secret landscape has shifted in ways that matter profoundly for companies developing and deploying artificial intelligence. Throughout this Defending the Algorithm™ ...

Pete is managing shareholder of the firm’s Chicago office. He counsels employers on a wide variety of workplace challenges, including protecting trade secrets and other valuable information and ...

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, ...

“The Fourth Circuit’s decision in Sherbrooke provides important clarity on the ‘reasonable efforts’ standard at the pleading stage, holding that confidentiality agreements alone can suffice to survive ...

New rankings spotlight the firms and lawyers that are most successfully navigating the volatile world of trade secrets, from ‘prompt injections’ to billion-dollar retrials. US trade secrets law has ...

Results are out for this year’s one-of-a-kind rankings, detailing the year’s most significant trade secrets matters around the world and which attorneys handled them. WIPR Rankings has released its ...