The Dirty Little Secret About Trade Secrets

Partner John Birmingham and Senior Counsel Michael Groebe authored an article for the IndustryWeek titled “The Dirty Little Secret about Trade Secrets.” The article discusses how the speed of technical innovation creates ever increasing risks that valuable assets will be lost to the competition, intentionally or unintentionally, and with one click of the mouse or the insertion of a flash drive, an employee (or soon-to-be-former employee) can destroy the competitive advantage that a company has spent vast sums of money to develop.