Navigating Between Patent and Trade Secret Protection for Life Sciences Companies: A Guide for In-House Counsel

The decision between protecting an innovation through trade secret and patents, particularly in a heavily regulated industry like the life sciences, is not straightforward.

Join us on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 12pm ET / 9am PT for the next edition of our IP Deep Dives Series, as Nicole Endejann, Partner, DLA Piper, and Chris Buntel, Co-Founder and CIPO, Tangibly, will discuss the considerations for protecting innovations using trade secrets or patents in the life sciences industry.

Discussion topics include:

1. Background on Trade Secrets + Patents in Life Sciences
2. Deep dive into disclosure and publication requirements within life sciences
3. How the Orange Book works and its impact on Trade Secrets + Patents in life sciences
4. Opportunities for leveraging Trade Secrets in life sciences, and
5. A review of current litigation involving Trade Secrets and Patents in life sciences

Who should attend:

In-house counsel and legal operations professionals in the life sciences industry who manage or are involved in the protection or management of Trade Secrets, Patents and/or other sensitive intellectual property.

There is NO COST to attend this program!

This program is FREE, thanks to our gracious sponsors, Tangibly – Trade Secret Compliance Made Easy and DLA Piper – Success, Solved. If you can’t make it to the live program, the recording will be available for viewing via our paid CLE library, In-House Connect On-Demand!