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...
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1+1 = 3: Finding the Synergy Between Patents and Trade Secrets
Business leaders are often told intellectual property (IP) protection is a fork in the road: patent it or keep it a trade secret. One path involves public disclosure in exchange for a temporary monopoly, while the other relies on perpetual secrecy for its value. This...
The Hidden Half: How Shadow IT and Lean Function Complete Your Trade Secret Protection Strategy
When cybersecurity professionals discuss trade secret protection, the conversation typically centers on zero trust architecture, access controls, and the principle of least privilege. While these measures form a critical foundation for safeguarding proprietary...
Behind The Curtain: Trade Secret Protection and Theft In Sports
Summary While everyone focuses on the action on the field, the data that makes this action possible is often overlooked. As this data becomes more valuable, it has also become more vulnerable. From Formula 1’s infamous ‘Spygate’ to Houston Astro’s internal database...
The New Face of IP in the AI Age: Why Trade Secrets Matter More Than Ever for Tech [Part 1 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!
Stealing Confidential Information is Not Necessarily Trade Secret Misappropriation
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!
Why Trade Secrets Deserve a Front Row Seat in Your Tech Startup’s IP Strategy
1+1 = 3: Finding the Synergy Between Patents and Trade Secrets
The Hidden Half: How Shadow IT and Lean Function Complete Your Trade Secret Protection Strategy
Guarding the Edge: Why Trade Secret Protection Matters in the New NIL Era
1+1 = 3: Finding the Synergy Between Patents and Trade Secrets
Business leaders are often told intellectual property (IP) protection is a fork in the road: patent it or keep it a trade secret. One path involves public disclosure in exchange for a temporary monopoly, while the other relies on perpetual secrecy for its value. This...
The Hidden Half: How Shadow IT and Lean Function Complete Your Trade Secret Protection Strategy
When cybersecurity professionals discuss trade secret protection, the conversation typically centers on zero trust architecture, access controls, and the principle of least privilege. While these measures form a critical foundation for safeguarding proprietary...
Tangibly and Esplin Legal Announce Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Trade Secret Protection for Innovative Companies
ミンツは、Tangibly, Inc.と提携し、最先端の営業秘密特定・管理・保護戦略をクライアントに提供します。この提携の一環として、ミンツはTangiblyのSaaSプラットフォームを営業秘密管理および訴訟業務におけるサービスとして提供します。
There’s No Trade Secret Troll Hiding Under The Bridge
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!
Stealing Confidential Information is Not Necessarily Trade Secret Misappropriation
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!
Caffeinated or Not, Intent Matters: The Real Cost of Trade Secret Theft
Federal DTSA and Massachusetts UTSA do not clearly define what “willful and malicious” means. Recent litigation in Massachusetts took great steps towards clarifying this issue. KPM Analtics North America sued Blue Sun Scientific, Innovative Technologies Group, and four former employees for trade secret misappropriation under both DTSA and MUTSA.
The IP landscape is changing.
Trade secrets are at the center of modern protection.
From Tangibly’s podcast library
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
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第11話：最も盗まれやすい企業秘密
第10話：営業秘密の損害はグローバルに計算される
第9回：ビジネスを盗んで逮捕され、裁判で$96Mを失う方法
エピソード8：アッピアンの$2b企業秘密獲得が "パーン"
エピソード7営業秘密訴訟における記録的な判決
Tangibly and Esplin Legal Announce Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Trade Secret Protection for Innovative Companies
ミンツは、Tangibly, Inc.と提携し、最先端の営業秘密特定・管理・保護戦略をクライアントに提供します。この提携の一環として、ミンツはTangiblyのSaaSプラットフォームを営業秘密管理および訴訟業務におけるサービスとして提供します。
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...
Is AI the ultimate defensive publication author?
Defensive publication is a patent strategy that makes it difficult or impossible for competitors to patent on or near what a company is commercializing. The basic idea is that the company publishes online or otherwise a lot of subject matter similar or identical to...
Takeaways: AI is Eating Your Intellectual Property (IP)
Overview In the latest IAM Saturday Opinion, Tangibly’s Chris Buntel and Tim Londergan explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the foundation of intellectual property. Using Gemini 2.5 Pro, they examine how AI is weakening the core legal standards that...
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...
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
KPM Analytics Wins $10M Trade Secret Case: What It Means for Foodtech and IP Protection
Palantir is Suing a Y Combinator Startup Over Trade Secrets
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?
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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...
What is a Patent
An Introduction to what is a patent A patent is a government-granted right that gives an inventor exclusive control over a new and useful invention for a limited period of time. In exchange, the inventor must publicly disclose how the invention works. Patents are a...
How do Chinese companies protect their own trade secrets?
There’s a lot of discussion about American companies and citizens risking their trade secrets by using AI based in China. What about Chinese companies? How do they protect their own trade secrets against misappropriation from other Chinese domestic companies seeking...
There’s No Trade Secret Troll Hiding Under The Bridge
Stealing Confidential Information is Not Necessarily Trade Secret Misappropriation
Introducing Trade Secret 2025 (TS25): The Future of Trade Secret Management