Client Advisories and Bulletins

Are Your Trade Secrets And Proprietary Property Available For The Taking In Cyberspace?

October 14, 2002

Too frequently, many companies’ secrets and other valuable information and materials, stored as electronic data, are easily accessible in cyberspace. Every company — as part of a comprehensive trade secrets and intellectual property protection program — should audit its MIS and computer policies and procedures, and those of its vendors and other third-parties that handle sensitive company information. In addition, companies often mistakenly rely on intellectual property law to protect databases and certain other valuable information posted on Web sites that may, in fact, have limited, if any, protectability at law.

This KMZ Rosenman client advisory explains some of the steps to safeguard your digital property and explains what remedies may be available if sensitive data is procured and disseminated without authorization.