Donal, one of the world's foremost experts on trade secrets, takes us through practical tips on how tech companies can unearth and manage their trade secrets effectively to generate value for their businesses.

Donal takes us through 

• What are trade secrets?
  • Business information that is secret, has commercial value and that you've made reasonable efforts to keep secret
• Where will you find them in your business?
• Why should tech leaders bother with trade secrets?  
• What's the risk if you don't manage them?
• Managing trade secrets is a journey and a change project
• But there are key steps to take
  • Give basic trade secrets education to your staff, starting with the leadership
  • Generate a trade secret policy setting out how you want to handle them
  • Have a process to identify, assess the value of and protect your trade secrets
  • Document and catalogue your trade secrets
  • Make sure its someone's responsibility within your business

A great episode that really helps businesses understand the path to getting their trade secrets under control and generating maximum value from them.

If you want to chat about any of these issues more then contact me on LinkedIn, or you can reach Donal on LinkedIn.  You can also check out Donal's business Chawton IP Solutions http://www.chawtoninnovationservices.co.uk/