In this interactive workshop, group together with your peers and discuss a hypothetical trade secret scenario given to you at the table. Formalise a strategy around it, share your

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ideas and insights with the room at the end of the session, and walk away with potential solutions to a variety of trade secret related scenarios. Trade secrets and confidential information continue to pose an issue for IP in house counsel. Unlike patents, they cannot be protected by law, and must rely on efficient safeguarding processes to remain secret. Yet, leaks and miscommunications persist in companies, and in house counsel must take action now to continue to innovate strategies to protect some of their biggest assets, especially with the onset of AI.

- Home in on the importance of educating other departments to limit confidential information or trade secrets leaking

- Assess the impact of AI on your trade secret protection strategies, and what measures should be put in place to ensure confidential information remains secure

- Weigh in on what measures can be implemented to safeguard trade secrets within the context of working with third parties