Trade Secret Checkups & Tips

1. Educate employees about the creation and existence of trade secrets, their importance and measures to maintain their secrecy.
2. Develop internal policies for handling trade secret information.
3. Document creation of trade secret and potentially patentable inventions prior to disclosure to others.
4. File provisional or non-provisional patent applications prior to disclosure to others.
5. Assess whether patent applications must incorporate trade secrets.
6. Use confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements with employees and third parties.
7. Implement practical safeguards limiting access to trade secrets.

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