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Three Strategies to Prevent Departing Employees from Absconding with Trade Secrets and Other Confidential Business Information

JD Supra Law

One of the biggest threats to modern corporations involves departing employees who take confidential business information (CBI) and/or trade secrets with them prior to or upon their departure. In recent years, three new trends in the way that companies do business have led to unintended growth in this area of risk.

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Protecting trade secrets and confidential business information in Canada

JD Supra Law

Businesses can prevent third parties from misusing their valuable and commercially sensitive business information and trade secrets through contracts and the common law in Canada. By: Smart & Biggar

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(Over) Expanding the Circle: DHC Allows In-house Employees to Access Confidential Documents in InterDigital v. Oppo

SpicyIP

In June 2024, I covered some nuances regarding confidentiality and disclosures in the SB and DB orders passed in InterDigital Technology Corporation vs. Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp. Ltd ( here and here ). No segregation was made between in-house and external members.

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Rochem v. Nirtech – Analysing the Claim of Breach of Confidential Information

SpicyIP

Image accessed from here While there are many factors which result in the success of business organizations, their ability to use sensitive procedures and advanced technology, thereby protecting their confidential information, can be another crucial aspect of remaining competitive in the market. Nirtech Private Limited & Ors. ,

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Protecting Your IP & Confidential Info

Above the Fold

In a world where non-compete agreements are being curtailed or outright banned, companies need to enhance their use of other ways to protect their intellectual property and confidential information when their employees leave to go work for competitors.

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Protecting Your IP & Confidential Info

LexBlog IP

In a world where non-compete agreements are being curtailed or outright banned, companies need to enhance their use of other ways to protect their intellectual property and confidential information when their employees leave to go work for competitors.

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Confidential Business Information: Protecting an Organization’s Most Valuable Secrets

JD Supra Law

When it comes to the true source of a company’s value, it’s not necessarily in the products or the services they offer, nor is it in the brand they’ve carefully developed. The core of a company’s value is in the trade secrets and special processes used to create those products or provide those services.