Steptoe Co-sponsors Webinar on Trade Secrets with Association of Corporate Counsel

Presented by ACC's Intellectual Property Committee, sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson LLP.

If you were unable to join the webcast, view a recording of the meeting.

How do we exploit our trade secrets while still protecting them?  Does publication on the Internet always cause information to lose its trade secret status? Once appropriated, can we ever get our secrets back under lock and key?

The webcast discussed the latest challenges, trends, case law, and First Amendment issues related to maintaining confidentiality and protecting trade secrets and know-how.  It touched on the role of the Uniform Trade Secret Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act in protecting one’s trade secrets. The speakers shared options to gain relief from misappropriation and best practices for protecting one’s trade secrets in a digital environment.

Presenters:
Francis J. Burke, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Rebecca Edelson, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Moderator:
Joseph F. Murphy, General Counsel, Shainin LLC