Haynes and Boone, LLP is pleased to host a seminar entitled Defending Trade Secrets in 2017 on Tuesday, February 7. A company's intellectual property is at the heart of its business. With the rise of sophisticated hacking and the risk of rogue employees, employers need to be more vigilant than ever in protecting their intellectual property. Haynes and Boone Partners Joe Mencher and Adam Sencenbaugh will lead a discussion of what companies need to know about identifying and safeguarding their most important intellectual property assets in 2017.
Topics include:- What's the big secret – Identifying trade secrets and the steps necessary to protect them
- Shhhhh – Using confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements to protect intellectual property
- It's mine – Invention and intellectual property assignments for employees and contractors
- They left and took it all – Recommended procedures for exiting employees
- What's new – Legal updates from the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 and the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
11:30 a.m. Registration and Lunch
12:00 p.m. Program
CLE CREDIT: An application for accreditation of this program is currently pending for California, New York and Texas.
