Safeguarding Corporate Knowledge

Knowledge is Power - Of all the intangible assets, trade secrets are the most intangible, most valuable and most prone to theft of all. Trade secrets gain economic importance on a worldwide scale. They drive the competitive advantage and shareholder value of any corporation.

However, whilst basic efforts at a definition are similar, conceptual differences do exist. Moreover, both management and employees are all too often uncertain about differing statutorily and contractually defined requirements especially in civil law countries like Germany. Both management and employees all too often misjudge the impact of statu-
tory and contractual instruments on their daily routine.

With specific focus on German trade secret protection (and comparative outreaches to further trade secret protection regimes) this seminar provides essential understanding of the need to know legal issues surrounding trade secret assets, how they are defined, how they can be lost and how they should b

Themen

- Statutory Protection of Trade Secrets
- Trade Secrets vis-à-vis other Intellectual Property Rights
- Effects of important Statutory Requirements
- Contractual Protection of Trade Secrets
- Corporate Information Security
- Essential Elements of Non-Disclosure Agreements