Intellectual Property
Nov. 13, 2026
In the Counsel's Chair: Why AI may strengthen the case for trade secrets
In the latest episode of In the Counsel's Chair, Knobbe Martens partners Ben Katzenellenbogen and Bryan McWhorter make the case for why AI could make trade secret protection more valuable, and more complicated, than ever.
Trade secrets require no registration, no government examiner and no human inventor. That last feature may matter more as companies turn to AI to create valuable work.
Knobbe Martens partners Ben Katzenellenbogen and Bryan McWhorter take up the issue on the latest episode of In the Counsel's Chair. Katzenellenbogen serves as chair of the firm's design patent litigation practice and co-chair of its trade secret litigation practice. McWhorter was named co-chair of the firm&#...
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