Video transcript
Andrew Bernstein (00:05): Hi everyone. I'm
Andrew Bernstein and I'm with my colleague, Ed Fan, and we are
here to talk about IP management in your supply chain. IP is
usually patents, copyrights and trademarks, and although those
things are all very important. Today we're going to talk about
something a little different, which is how to manage information
that is not covered by any of those legislated IP protections.
Andrew Bernstein (00:30): Ed, do you want to
talk about the mysterious world of confidential information and how
it relates to supply chain management?
Ed Fan (00:36): Sure thing. And thanks, Andrew.
So confidential information sometimes also called "trade
secrets". It's really its own unique form of IP. For
instance, if you have a patent, you have to disclose your
invention. You publish it in a patent application, and you ask the
government for a limited period of exclusivity that you get to keep
even though everybody knows
