Trade Secrets Unlocked: Navigating the Legal Landscape in 2025 [Taft IP Webinar Series]

In 2025, the legal environment surrounding trade secrets is more dynamic and complex than ever. This webinar, presented by a panel of Taft Trade Secrets attorneys will provide in-house counsel, business leaders, and legal professionals with essential insights into the latest developments shaping trade secret protection and litigation strategies when protecting them. Discover how generative AI is reshaping trade secret protection, from data security and e-discovery to the different strategic choices in litigation from both plaintiff and defense perspectives, and more.

Join us to stay ahead of regulatory changes, emerging threats, and best practices for safeguarding your organization’s most valuable assets in a rapidly changing legal landscape.

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Topics discussed during this program include:

• AI & Trade Secrets – 02:23
• Trade Secret Basics – 03:00
• Gen AI Trade Secrets – 06:29
• Industry AI Examples – 07:11
• Litigation Overview – 09:27
  • Misappropriations Overview – 11:27
  • Samsung Example – 15:04
• Trade Secret Vulnerabilities & Risks – 17:41
• Top 5 Red Flags – 23:02
• AI Policies & Protection – 27:23
• Risk Governance – 30:24
• Vendor Risk Checklist – 31:04
• Legal & Litigation Risks – 31:33
• Panelist Q&A – 33:02
  • Common Fact Patterns in Trade Secrets Cases – 35:37
  • Impact of electronic discovery and ESI – 39:22
  • Guidance for plaintiffs – 45:52
  • Guidance for defendants – 47:55
  • Trends in Trade Secrets cases – 51:50
  • Cases involving law enforcement – 53:25
  • Be proactive, not reactive – 55:49

1.00 CLE credit pending for Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio.

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