拓展视野:Tangibly 如何从商业秘密发展到更广阔的知识产权领域

了解《捍卫商业秘密法》(DTSA)规定的举报人豁免权
Last Updated: 2 月 12, 2026
Updated by: Tim Londergan

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当我创立Tangibly公司时,我坚信纯粹做商业秘密的想法。其他类型的知识产权,尤其是专利和商标,有很多 SaaS 工具。涉足这些领域无疑会分散精力。第一年,如果有人提到专利、商标或版权方面的想法,我很快就会否定。我认为,"切切实实 "就是商业秘密。

然后,我们的客户开始告诉我们他们的想法...

我们的第一个启迪来自于我们的合作伙伴(也就是现在的专利代理人)。 投资者) 律师事务所 她说,她喜欢分析专利,试图找到可能存在潜在商业秘密的领域。这让我眼前一亮!我立刻意识到,Liat 可以创建一个人工智能模型来做同样的事情。六个月后,我们推出了 专利 X 射线 该工具可摄取已发布的专利和已公布的专利申请,并预测潜在的商业秘密。专利律师和代理人非常喜欢这一工具,但希望申请草案也能具备同样的功能,这样他们就能实时决定哪些内容会被公开,哪些内容仍属于商业秘密。

第二个问题是,一家财富 100 强企业的客户希望进行试点,但他们最感兴趣的是 Tangibly 的功能是否可以轻松地用于版权管理。当然可以,但我的商业秘密让我怀疑这是否是真正的应用。九个月后的今天,版权及其对大型语言模型的影响已成为全球头条新闻。它来自四面八方: 莎拉-西尔弗曼起诉 OpenAi, 欧盟法规 要求报告培训数据,当然还有 哈利-波特.幸运的是,我们为管理商业机密而设计的大部分工作流程和程序也适用于版权。

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