Protecting your trade secrets

Keep it secret

A trade secret is valuable only so long as you can keep the information out of the public’s eye. Businesses need to have a comprehensive system of confidentiality agreements signed by employees and consultants to ensure the secret being developed is not leaked to a competitor.

Of course, if you’re showing the product to the public at a trade show and freely discussing your ideas with others, then you’re no longer able to claim what you shared is a trade secret.

The value in a trade secret is literally that no one else knows it. The quintessential example is the formula for Coca Cola.

Mark it confidential

Many cases depend on whether the owner of the trade secret took the time to stamp confidential documents as “confidential” or otherwise designate the importance of the information within a company. Every fact pattern is different, but Henry Law can help you ensure that your company culture and practices maximize the protection of your trade secrets.

Enforce your rights

Henry Law has represented clients in all facets of cases involving theft of trade secrets. Sometimes the allegations involve former employees, while other claims involve actual theft of information by a competitor. Regardless of how your trade secrets are misappropriated, we have the knowledge and experience to seek all of the remedies available to you.