Trade secret protection has traditionally been treated as a matter of internal practice aimed at managing disclosure and ensuring employees understand their responsibilities. But as AI changes how information is created, accessed, and shared, the boundaries of what needs protecting (and how) are becoming more complex. Transparency and disclosure is as important as ever for IP leaders, but with a lack of guidance on the implications of AI on intellectual property, how can they rethink trade secret protection for an AI-enabled organisation?
• Discuss how AI has changed the way businesses identify, protect and monitor trade secrets
• Examine the tension between trade secrets and transparency to successfully balance protection and commercialisation
• Consider how to approach AI security and governance to protect intellectual property
• Delve into creating AI upskilling programmes that express the importance of trade secret protection