6-Hour Program

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Overview

Why You Should Attend
New technologies and cross-border transactions place valuable secrets at increased risk. Legislatures throughout the world are recognizing that fact and responding with new laws. If you work at or counsel a technology company or any other company that creates or works with trade secrets – which means any company – this course will teach you what you need to know to protect your valuable assets, secure effective remedies for misappropriation and prevent and defend against unfounded claims of misappropriation.

What You Will Learn 
• Discover a year’s worth of lessons from the Defend Trade Secrets Act: how to bring and defend trade secrets cases—and prevent them altogether
• Evaluate the growing range of legal and practical tools available to protect trade secrets and find what can work best for your organization
• Realize special trade secrets considerations in different industries, including the financial services (New York) and technology spaces (San Francisco)
• Find out the early warning signs of misappropriation
• Recognize how to solve trade secrets crises
• Learn best practices for protecting trade secrets across borders
• Hear a courtside view of trade secrets litigation
• Understand the interplay between trade secrets law and patent law, as well as the newest choices for protecting key assets

Special Feature
• Judges’ views on special litigation issues in trade secrets disputes and how to adapt effectively

Who Should Attend
This program is geared to those who are responsible for counseling clients on intellectual property issues in research and development, business transactions, and litigation. The course will benefit intellectual property lawyers, corporate counsel, employment lawyers and others involved in identifying, evaluating, and managing intellectual property and key strategic personnel.

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