WLG 2020 Fall eConference: Protecting Trade Secrets When Facing Lawsuits or Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures

Questions discussed included:

1. What can a company do if it is a party to the proceedings?
2. Is there automatic protection for trade secrets, or do I need to apply for protection? How?
3. What protection exists? For which kind of trade secrets?
4. What can a company do as a third party involved in the proceedings (officers / employees called as witnesses)?
5. What I do if I realize that my trade secrets of my company are at risk in a third party procedure (e.g. a distributor is involved in proceedings)
6. What steps can be taken before proceedings start in order to improve protection for trade secrets?

Moderator:

Philipp Dickenmann, CMS von Erlach Poncet - Switzerland

Panelists:

Jonathan Chamberlain, Gowling WLG - England
Indran Shanmuganathan, Shearn Delamore & Co. - Malaysia
Jane Wang, Formosa Transnational - Taiwan
Julia Wulf, Taylor Wessing - Germany
Ryan Kurtz, Goodmans LLP - Ontario, Canada