Identifying the key themes of trade secrets is crucial to start with, auditing and protection come after the beginning building blocks. It is essential to challenge protection that is put in place and to make sure that the trade secret audit meets the legal requirements globally.
• What do you do if something is not patentable?
• Tangible vs intangible trade secret
• Why is enhanced mapping of the trade secret important as a first step?
• Devising a successful strategy to secure important investments without compromising trade secret IP
Preben Kjær Kristensen
Preben Kjær Kristensen has an Engineering Degree from Denmark’s Technical University supplemented with an Executive MBA from Copenhagen Business School. He is currently working at Ørsted Wind Power A/S as Head of IP.
Ørsted Wind Power develops, builds, and operates onshore and offshore wind turbine parks in Europe (North and Baltic Sea), Taiwan and the United States as well as energy storage (Power-to-X solutions, Carbon Capture and Storage, etc.).
Mr. Kristensen has more than 20 years of IPR experience from among others Nokia in different positions and the Technical University of Denmark with tech transfer and business development.
Mr. Kristensen is Chairman of the Board for the Danish Industry’s Patent and Trademark Executives and acts as a Technical Judge at the Danish Maritime and Trade Court in patent litigation cases.
Dr. Stefan Horstmann
Dr. Stefan Horstmann is VP of PS Core - Patents and Scientific Services at Merck KGaA.
Dr. Horstmann holds a PhD in Chemistry and is qualified as European and German Patent Attorney. Before becoming a VP of PS Core, he previously served as Head of the Patents B2B Department, and has also served as in-house patent attorney at Merck KGaA and Henkel KGaA and as an IT consultant at SerCon GmbH.
Dr. Horstmann is a member of the European Patent Institute (EPI), the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and the Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP). He represents Merck to matters of intellectual property law at the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) and the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI).
Chris Buntel
Chris Buntel is a US intellectual property attorney with over 20 years experience connecting innovation and intellectual property law. He is a co-founder and the CIPO of Tangibly. Chris is passionate about trade secrets – the “next big thing” in intellectual property evolution. While other forms of intellectual property have been well supported for years, people are just now realizing the huge need for trade secret management tools and education. He has a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Stanford University, and J.D. in Law from University of Houston.