The Promise and Perils of Enterprise Data as Trade Secrets
The Value and Vulnerability of Enterprise Data In the era of digitalization, data has become omnipresent, ready for collection and utilization by relevant actors. While we often distinguish personal data from enterprise data, it is the latter, namely, large-scale...
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Trade Secret Harvesting: A Practical Guide to Uncovering Your Crown Jewels
Trade secrets are the secret sauce of your business. They're the confidential information that gives you a competitive edge, from proprietary algorithms to unique production methods. But here’s the thing: many organizations don’t know what their trade secrets actually...
A New Era for Trade Secret Enforcement: Tangibly Announces Strategic Investment from SIM IP
Tangibly Announces Strategic Investment from SIM IP At Tangibly, our mission has always been clear: to empower companies to protect their most valuable innovations. We developed the market-leading trade secret management platform because we saw a critical need for a...
When to patent and when to keep AI innovations secret
When to patent and when to keep AI innovations secret Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries at breakneck speed, from healthcare diagnostics to creative content generation. But behind the hype lies a quieter, more complicated struggle: how do you actually...
AI-Powered Protein Engineering Is Forcing Next-Gen IP Strategy and Competitive Analysis
AI-Powered Protein Engineering Is Forcing Next-Gen IP Strategy and Competitive Analysis Authors: Celeste Alvarez, Makda Gebre and Alex Harwig AI isn’t just predicting 3D protein structures anymore; it is designing them from scratch. AI-powered breakthrough systems,...
Streamlining Trade Secret Programs with SSO Integration
Tangibly is excited to announce the rollout of Single Sign-On (SSO) integration with Entra (Azure AD), Google, and Okta. This milestone is not just about stronger security. It’s a step forward in making the onboarding experience seamless and simpler for our customers....
The Promise and Perils of Enterprise Data as Trade Secrets
Amazon Faces Trade Secret Lawsuit from Regional Air Freight Startup TuffAir
Trade Secret Harvesting: A Practical Guide to Uncovering Your Crown Jewels
A New Era for Trade Secret Enforcement: Tangibly Announces Strategic Investment from SIM IP
The Promise and Perils of Enterprise Data as Trade Secrets
The Value and Vulnerability of Enterprise Data In the era of digitalization, data has become omnipresent, ready for collection and utilization by relevant actors. While we often distinguish personal data from enterprise data, it is the latter, namely, large-scale...
Trade Secret Harvesting: A Practical Guide to Uncovering Your Crown Jewels
Trade secrets are the secret sauce of your business. They're the confidential information that gives you a competitive edge, from proprietary algorithms to unique production methods. But here’s the thing: many organizations don’t know what their trade secrets actually...
A New Era for Trade Secret Enforcement: Tangibly Announces Strategic Investment from SIM IP
Tangibly Announces Strategic Investment from SIM IP At Tangibly, our mission has always been clear: to empower companies to protect their most valuable innovations. We developed the market-leading trade secret management platform because we saw a critical need for a...
Takeaways: Leveraging Trade Secrets for New Revenue Streams
A summary and key takeaways from the IAM Q3 2025 Special Report – Unlocking Trade Secret Strategies IAM’s Q3 2025 Special Report Unlocking Trade Secret Strategies features Tangibly’s Chris Buntel and Tim Londergan with their article Leveraging Trade Secrets for New...
The Silent Heist: Why Trade Secret Theft Often Goes Unpunished
Trade secrets are the lifeblood of innovation, the hidden recipes, proprietary processes, and confidential customer lists that give a business its competitive edge. Yet, despite their immense value, the theft of these crucial assets often goes unpunished, a silent...
Thoughts on Expanding the Scope of Reasonable Measures
In our experience “reasonable measures” to protect trade secrets has been historically grounded in legal and compliance frameworks. “Reasonableness” was primarily assessed by a checklist of formal safeguards: confidentiality agreements, employee NDAs, and document...
The IP landscape is changing.
Trade secrets are at the center of modern protection.
From Tangibly’s podcast library
Episode 19: From Copyright to Trade Secrets: Anthropic’s Impact on AI & IP
Episode 18: When Trade Secrets Drive M&A featuring Ray Miller
Episode 17: The Lifecycle of Trade Secret Protection featuring Raluca David
Episode 16: How a Century-Old Rule Still Shapes Trade Secrets
Episode 15: How AI Is Eating Your IP
Episode 14: Monkey Selfies & AI Inventions Navigating Copyrights, Patents, and Trade Secrets
Episode 13: $1.8 Billion and Counting, The Cost of Trade Secret Theft
Episode 12: Trade Secret Litigation Lightning Round
Episode 11: The trade secret most likely to be stolen
Episode 10: Trade Secret Damages are Calculated Globally
Episode 19: From Copyright to Trade Secrets: Anthropic’s Impact on AI & IP
In this episode Tim and Chris unpack the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine, a century old trade secret rule that began in 1902 when a sugar refinery worker was blocked from joining a competitor. They explain how the doctrine works, the three factors courts consider, and how it is used to prevent potential misuse of trade secrets before any misappropriation occurs. The conversation explores how different states treat the doctrine, reviews the landmark PepsiCo v Redmond case, and looks at how its use has shifted from senior executives to highly skilled engineers, especially in the AI industry. As noncompete agreements face bans and tighter restrictions across the United States, the doctrine is becoming a more important tool for protecting valuable trade secrets.
When to patent and when to keep AI innovations secret
When to patent and when to keep AI innovations secret Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries at breakneck speed, from healthcare diagnostics to creative content generation. But behind the hype lies a quieter, more complicated struggle: how do you actually...
AI-Powered Protein Engineering Is Forcing Next-Gen IP Strategy and Competitive Analysis
AI-Powered Protein Engineering Is Forcing Next-Gen IP Strategy and Competitive Analysis Authors: Celeste Alvarez, Makda Gebre and Alex Harwig AI isn’t just predicting 3D protein structures anymore; it is designing them from scratch. AI-powered breakthrough systems,...
The New Face of IP in the AI Age: Why Trade Secrets Matter More Than Ever for Tech [Part 2 of 2]
Imagine this: A consultant starts a competing company after taking your proprietary information while under a confidentiality agreement. You promptly file a trade secret misappropriation claim, but can you prove that what he took was a “trade secret”? If not, you could be out of luck, and potentially liable to pay the consultant!
Tangibly and Esplin Legal Announce Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Trade Secret Protection for Innovative Companies
Mintz has partnered with Tangibly, Inc. to bring cutting edge trade secret identification, management, and protection strategies to clients. As part of the collaboration Mintz will offer Tangibly’s SaaS platform as a service within its trade secrets management and litigation practices.
AI is eating your IP
Original Article in IAM Saturday Opinion on June 14, 2025: “AI Is Eating Your IP” Precis: Saturday Opinion: With the aid of Gemini, Tangibly’s Chris Buntel and Tim Londgeran unpick the profound impact of the artificial intelligence revolution on patenting and trade...
Amazon Faces Trade Secret Lawsuit from Regional Air Freight Startup TuffAir
Quintara Biosciences v. Ruifeng: Is the federal DTSA grass always greener?
Guarding the Edge: Why Trade Secret Protection Matters in the New NIL Era
Caffeinated or Not, Intent Matters: The Real Cost of Trade Secret Theft
When to Bring in a Patent Attorney (and How to Prepare)?
Espresso Espionage: Brewing Up Trade Secrets and Corporate Drama.
How do you protect trade secrets?
Tangibly launches Predicted Portfolio™
Tangibly automatically performs a trade secret analysis and produces draft patent claims
Trade Secrets vs. Patents: The New Frontier in Life Sciences Intellectual Property
Improved Partner Features in Tangibly just released.
Expanding Horizons: How Tangibly Evolved from Trade Secrets to a Broader IP Spectrum
The Protecting American Intellectual Property Act of 2022
The Act requires the President to report to Congress annually on foreign entities who engage in trade secret theft
World’s Largest Patent Aggregator In Trade Secret Litigation
The Promise and Perils of Enterprise Data as Trade Secrets
The Value and Vulnerability of Enterprise Data In the era of digitalization, data has become omnipresent, ready for collection and utilization by relevant actors. While we often distinguish personal data from enterprise data, it is the latter, namely, large-scale...
Trade Secret Harvesting: A Practical Guide to Uncovering Your Crown Jewels
Trade secrets are the secret sauce of your business. They're the confidential information that gives you a competitive edge, from proprietary algorithms to unique production methods. But here’s the thing: many organizations don’t know what their trade secrets actually...
Why Trade Secrets Deserve a Front Row Seat in Your Tech Startup’s IP Strategy
The conversation pivots to patents when tech startups talk IP. Patents are the 'big daddy' signals of tangible, visible defensibility in a pitch deck and investor discussions. After all, tech insights are the jet fuel of tech startups. Sometimes those tech insights...
Why Are Trade Secrets Becoming More Important in the AI Era?
Why are trade secrets becoming more important in the AI era? The rapid rise of artificial intelligence is changing how companies create, use, and protect intellectual property. While patents remain a critical part of an IP strategy, they are not always the best way to...
What is a holisitic IP Portfolio
What is a holistic IP portfolio? A holistic IP portfolio is a coordinated strategy for protecting all forms of a company’s intellectual property, from patents and copyrights to trade secrets and proprietary information, in a way that strengthens business value and...
What is Trade Secret Law
What is trade secret law? Trade secret law protects confidential business information that provides a competitive advantage. This can include formulas, processes, algorithms, designs, customer lists, data models, or any other valuable information that is not publicly...
The New Face of IP in the AI Age: Why Trade Secrets Matter More Than Ever for Tech [Part 2 of 2]
Quintara Biosciences v. Ruifeng: Is the federal DTSA grass always greener?
Why Trade Secrets Deserve a Front Row Seat in Your Tech Startup’s IP Strategy
