Neil Yang leads global (ex-China) IP strategy and litigation for NetEase Games. His practice spans high-stakes disputes, portfolio management, and product counseling on emerging issues such as generative-AI policies. Before NetEase, Neil spent more than a decade at Activision Blizzard managing all aspects of IP. He began his legal career at the law firm O'Melveny & Myers and, before law, engineered processors at Intel Corp.
GenAI, cloud platforms, SaaS tools and globally connected workforces now hold a huge share of your trade secrets. Information is finding new ways of escaping from these systems. And the leak is not always a hacker. Often, it is a capable employee under deadline pressure, a partner with entirely legitimate credentials, or an access grant that outlived the project it was created for. Drawing on recent decisions, including 2026 rulings on AI tools, confidentiality and the evidence courts expect to see.
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