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Protecting Your Trade Secrets in 2026 to Outlast Your Diet, Your Gym Membership, and Even Your Willpower!

January: the season of fresh starts—when we swear we’ll finally hit the gym, drink more water, and unearth last year’s journal from beneath a mountain of good intentions. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll put down our phones long enough to soak up some actual daylight. In the business world, January offers the perfect opportunity for a … Continue Reading

AI Heists Santa’s Secrets: Elfred’s High-Tech Plot to Hijack Christmas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—unless you’re Santa and your trade secrets just got swiped by a disgruntled elf with no holiday cheer, wielding powerful magical artificial intelligence (AI) tools like “ElfGPT.” As snow falls over the North Pole and elves frantically race to meet their Christmas Eve deadline, a new kind of … Continue Reading

Two Nonnas, One Secret Sauce: Who Stirred the Pot, Who Spilled the Beans, And How to Protect Your Trade Secrets from Walking Out with the Leftovers (Sorry, Cousin Tony!)

Setting the Stage: It’s a sunlit Sunday afternoon in New York City. The house hums with laughter and the joyful chaos of family—children darting through hallways, voices mingling. In the heart of it all, two cherished sisters, Nonnas, Rosa and Maria, are in the kitchen, stirring pots and sharing family secrets as they prepare their … Continue Reading

Trade Secrets: Now Even Your Dog Knows Them (Thanks, Remote Work & AI!)

Mike Tyson once said “[e]veryone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” This quote describes the confidence that organizations may have in their existing trade secret plans, until they encounter some of the evolving complexities of trade secret protection in this era of the combination of remote work and artificial intelligence (AI). … Continue Reading

Copyright Office: Copyrighting AI-Generated Works Requires “Sufficient Human Control Over the Expressive Elements” – Prompts Are Not Enough

In January 2025, the Copyright Office released Part 2 of its anticipated three-part series on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). The report discusses copyrighting works that include AI-generated content and provides guidance for applicants seeking protection of such work. Part 2 emphasizes the importance of “human authorship,” as works purely generated by AI or works … Continue Reading
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