An Ounce of Trade Secret Protection is Worth a Pound of Litigation

Last Updated: September 25, 2025
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An Ounce of Trade Secret Protection is Worth a Pound of Litigation: Proven Methods and Missteps to Avoid for In-House Counsel

Preventative measures go a long way in deterring theft of your company’s crown jewels and play a critical role in hurdling the evidentiary bar upon theft. Especially when pursuing injunctive relief to preserve the integrity of and, if necessary, damages for the loss of your company’s most competitive assets – trade secrets.

This is an archive of our IHC Intellectual Property Essentials Series held on Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12pm ET / 9am PT. Mary Guzman, CEO of Crown Jewels Insurance, and Chris Buntel, Co-Founder and CIPO of Tangibly, cover (1) the 4 components of a preventative trade secret program and how these programs set you up to avoid and mitigate litigation costs (2) how crown jewels are invoked by the language of the SEC Cyber Disclosure Rule and (3) how to insure the value of your crown jewel assets.

Beyond prevention and preservation, identification of these competitive assets and their whereabouts enable you and your board to comply with the SEC Cyber Disclosure Rule – at the time of filing your 10K and your 8K after a cyber breach.

Who should attend:
In-house counsel and legal operations professionals who manage or are involved in the protection or management of Trade Secrets.

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