Your trade secrets are valuable business assets, but retain their value only if they remain secret. Your business will suffer if they are published inadvertently or without your permission — or if a competitor steals them.

This presentation outlines what trade secrets are, how they can be used instead of or to complement patent protection, how they should be managed in a business environment to protect them from unauthorized use or dissemination by both your employees and outside parties, and how to protect them through litigation if they are stolen.