Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale: It’s Time to Protect the ‘Secret’ to America’s Success
Trade secret theft costs U.S. businesses hundreds of billions of dollars each year. U.S. trade secrets laws need to catch up with technological changes to protect manufacturers in an increasingly complex and competitive global landscape.
Technology and digitization are increasingly important drivers of manufacturing innovation and competitiveness, but also create a host of challenges and vulnerabilities when it comes to trade secrets protection.
Pamela Passman: How To Mobilize Risk Management Tools Against IP Threats
Intellectual property (IP) — that covered by patents, trademarks, copyrights and harder-to-protect trade secrets — is now worth as much as 75 percent of the total value of major companies. But while the importance of these assets has grown, many businesses lag in their efforts to protect IP.
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William Ruh: What the Rise of Industrial Internet Means for Cyber Security
As the world’s markets rapidly evolve into complex hybrids of physical and digital assets, cyber security is increasingly critical as a stabilizing force. It is no longer an esoteric art practiced mainly by rival intelligence agencies and giant corporations — it has become a basic necessity of everyday life for any business.
Jennifer Brant: Protecting Trade Secrets to Stimulate Knowledge Flows
After leaving Geometric, the employee was caught trying to sell the software code to SolidWorks’ competitors. Because Indian law does not recognize the misappropriation of trade secrets, it was not possible to sue the individual. Since the source code belonged to SolidWorks — not Geometric — he technically had not stolen from his employer.
