The WIPO Symposium on Trade Secrets and Innovation provides a forum for exchanging ideas and perspectives on issues relating to the interface between trade secrets and innovation, in both technological and service sectors.
The 2022 Symposium will discuss the roles of trade secret systems in supporting innovation and knowledge sharing in a rapidly changing innovation ecosystem, which is increasingly international and driven by digital information.
Theme: WIPO Symposium on Trade Secrets and Innovation 2022
Attendance
The 2022 Symposium will be held in a hybrid format, with the possibility of attending the event virtually or in person at the Headquarters of WIPO in Geneva. It is open to any interested party, upon registration.
Date: 23 and 24 May 2022.
Location: Geneva, Switzerland.
Registration: coming soon.
Program
The live discussions will address the various legal, technical, business and policy issues relating to trade secrets in the wider context of the intellectual property system as a whole, in the context of innovation, knowledge creation and dissemination. Close but complex interconnection between the role of patent systems, trade secret systems, and other supporting mechanisms in the changing global innovation ecosystem renders the topic particularly relevant and appealing.
The discussions will cover the following elements:
- The role and impact of trade secrets on innovation policies and strategies today;
- Balancing legitimate interests in the trade secret system;
- Trade secrets and data – scope of protection and implications;
- Trade secrets in the international/cross-border environment;
- Generation and licensing of trade secrets in business strategies – trade secret management for innovation and sharing of knowledge;
- Trade secrets in development and dissemination of medical technologies
- Trade secret enforcement and defense against allegation of trade secret misappropriation.
For more on the WIPO Symposium on Trade Secrets and Innovation 2022, see here.
