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we’re in our trade secret series here and we just talked yesterday introduced in the whole subject matter making sure that you’re aware of the differences between trade secret and patent law today we’re going to talk about actually implementing some of this right maybe you’ve got a business that’s already up and running you’ve got employees going how do you get started well it begins with awareness and education you’ve got to go to train your employees on how to identify a trade secret when they come across it and so while it’s kind of funny to say you’ve got to be able to mark or identify whether digitally or physically writing or stamping on the document that it is trade secret or you can also use the word confidential also proprietary can work these are different words that are interchangeable that mean look this document is not to leave the company and in some cases it’s only limited in circulation to a few employees within the company and so there’s a certainly a process and often times it takes the counsel of a trade secret attorney to go to help you assess do this initial assessment audit if you will of your entire workplace taking a careful look at the research and development group the business group and even the sales group to identify trade secrets that exist within a company when people hear about trade secrets it’s oftentimes a misconception that they think gosh this has to be some technical problem a very complicated issue that keeping secret and there was a case trade secrets can sometimes be is something very simple simple as a customer list or a business process how do you and your company move the the goods from warehouse a to warehouse B that’s actually trade secret whether you know it or not as a part of this assessment and education process is huge making sure that all of your employees ident are understanding when they see a mark that says proprietary company ABC they know that it belongs to the company and they’re not to share that information even to any other outside vendors and certainly outside the company hope this has been educational for you if any questions about trade secret please give us a call at
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