Protect Your Trade Secrets Although policies to protect trade secrets vary from company to company, an effective policy will probably contain, at a minimum: o A trade-secrets inventory, o A program to train employees how to use trade secrets properly, o Clear rules limiting employees’ access to trade secrets on a need-to-know basis, o Agreements restricting departing employees’ use of trade secrets, and o Reminders to departing employees that they are bound by confidentiality agreements they signed. But owners must treat trade secrets as such for courts to give them legal protection. Contact | Legal Disclaimer