2026 Intellectual Property Summer School Series

Part 1 of 4: Protecting Your Secret Sauce – Trade Secrets in the Modern Workplace

Presented by Gavin Parsons and Taylor Pulliam

Remote work, mobile employees, and digital file sharing have made trade secret protection more urgent and more complicated than ever. We’ll cover what qualifies as a trade secret, how courts are deciding misappropriation cases, and the practical steps that actually hold up when things go wrong.