Filing a US provisional patent application describing your trade secrets with internal and external security measures is the best way to protect your trade secrets.

2. Benefits of Setting Up a Trade Secret Protection Program

Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a trade secret:

• is information that has either actual or potential independent economic value by virtue of not being generally known,
• has value to others who cannot legitimately obtain the information, and
• is subject to reasonable efforts to maintain its secrecy.

All three elements are required; if any element ceases to exist, then the trade secret will also cease to exist.

Otherwise there is no limit on the amount of time a trade secret is protected.

The intellectual property experts of Cislo & Thomas LLP help companies protect valuable trade secret information by:

• Drafting confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements covering trade secrets; and

  • Non-Disclosure Agreement Form
  • Non-Disclosure Agreement with Assignment of IP Rights
  • Employment Agreement Covering Non-Disclosure Agreement of IP Rights

• Establishing protective internal company guidelines, policies, and procedures;

  • Data Privacy and Cybersecurity