The LES Silicon Valley Chapter is extremely pleased to bring Jim Pooley to the Silicon Valley community to present a deep dive into successfully managing trade secrets. Recent studies show that secrecy is the form of IP most relied on by businesses to maintain competitive advantage. And huge verdicts reflect the value of this asset category. But how do you manage something you can’t precisely describe or count, even though it’s everywhere in the business? It’s not as hard as it looks.

Points to be covered:
• Enhancing enterprise value with secrets
• Trade secrets and patents
• Identifying your trade secrets
• Developing a risk management framework
• Managing third party relationships
• Employee contracts in the post-noncompete world
• Smart hiring and offboarding
• Avoiding (or resolving) disputes
• The TSMC example