Program Details
2025-03-26 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-03-26 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ESTThis session explores the categories of AI technologies and what qualifies as an AI-related trade secret, from platform architecture to prompt engineering techniques. Attendees will learn strategies for mitigating AI system vulnerabilities including prompt injection attacks and trade secret leakage, along with essential contractual safeguards for protecting AI assets.
Carl Kukkonen
Emily J. Tait
Corey Bauer 1:45 pm - 2:00 pm ESTThis segment examines why AI poses unique challenges and opportunities within the traditional trade secret legal framework under UTSA and DTSA. Participants will explore how AI impacts core elements like ‘readily ascertainable’ and ‘reasonable efforts to maintain secrecy’ as technology capabilities rapidly evolve.
Carl KukkonenEmily J. TaitCorey Bauer 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm ESTA brief intermission allowing participants to refresh before continuing with advanced litigation strategies. Use this time to review materials and prepare questions for the remaining sessions.
Carl KukkonenEmily J. TaitCorey Bauer 2:10 pm - 2:40 pm ESTThis session covers best practices for identifying and protecting AI-related trade secrets, emphasizing the importance of knowing your crown jewels and implementing proper safeguards. Attendees will examine recent case law including data scraping, prompt hacking, and economic espionage cases, with practical dispute strategies for both plaintiffs and defendants.
Carl KukkonenEmily J. TaitCorey Bauer 2:40 pm - 3:10 pm ESTThis session analyzes the persistent tension between plaintiffs and defendants regarding when trade secrets should be identified in litigation, and how AI is exacerbating these challenges. Participants will explore the pros and cons of early identification and the compelling case for a nationwide federal standard modeled after the Eastern District of Louisiana’s Local Rule 26.3.
Carl KukkonenEmily J. TaitCorey BauerCarl Kukkonen is a partner at Jones Day’s San Diego office and a respected leader in intellectual property law, specializing in developing litigation-ready patent portfolios, risk reduction through invalidity and freedom-to-operate analyses, and litigation strategy including inter partes reviews.
Emily Tait is a trusted advisor in complex intellectual property and technology matters with over 20 years of experience, serving as a leader of Jones Day’s global autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, and robotics (AVAIR) team.
Corey Bauer is a Partner at Houston Harbaugh, P.C. who acts as a litigation team lead in bet-the-company litigation, focusing on trade secret, patent, copyright, and trademark litigation.
Carl Kukkonen is a partner at Jones Day’s San Diego office and a respected leader in intellectual property law, specializing in developing litigation-ready patent portfolios, risk reduction through invalidity and freedom-to-operate analyses, and litigation strategy including inter partes reviews.
Emily Tait is a trusted advisor in complex intellectual property and technology matters with over 20 years of experience, serving as a leader of Jones Day’s global autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, and robotics (AVAIR) team.
Corey Bauer is a Partner at Houston Harbaugh, P.C. who acts as a litigation team lead in bet-the-company litigation, focusing on trade secret, patent, copyright, and trademark litigation.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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