Industrial Property
We design strategies and protocols to identify, protect, and leverage the confidential strategic knowledge that underpins your competitive advantage—from know-how and algorithms to processes, data, and business methods.
“Elzaburu provides very accurate information and is constantly looking for solutions.”
A Comprehensive Overview of Trade Secrets
We identify, protect, and defend your know-how
A trade secret can take many forms: a formula, an algorithm, a method, a database, a business process, technical know-how, or financial and organizational information. Its value lies in its confidential nature and in the organization’s ability to keep it protected and not disclose it.
At ELZABURU, we approach this protection as an active strategy. Since there is no official registry, it is essential to identify critical information, classify it, implement reasonable protective measures, and generate solid evidence of its existence, value, and confidentiality.
We have a highly specialized team that combines legal expertise,
Technical expertise and capabilities in contracts, cybersecurity, and litigation to design plans for identifying, managing, protecting, and leveraging trade secrets. We operate on three levels: detection and protection, preservation, and response.
Our capabilities extend beyond initial protection: we develop protection strategies tailored to each asset, combining trade secrets, patents, and other IP mechanisms as appropriate, and support their commercialization through licensing, assignments, or technology transfer agreements; we conduct due diligence and valuation; and we take action against unauthorized use, reproduction, or disclosure.
Trade Secret Services
Experts in trade secret strategies
Identification and Inventory of Secrets
We identify technical, commercial, financial, or organizational information that is subject to protection and organize it by area, criticality, and business value.
Classification and Protection Plan
We design internal protocols and protective measures tailored to the type of information, level of risk, and access profiles, establishing appropriate protective measures.
Contractual Provisions, Documentation, and Evidence
We draft agreements and confidentiality clauses, contracts with employees, suppliers, or partners, and documentation mechanisms that help protect information and demonstrate that reasonable measures have been taken.
Training and a Culture of Secrecy
We raise awareness among teams and executives to integrate the protection of strategic knowledge into the organization's culture and reduce internal risks.
Due Diligence and Other Transactions
We analyze business secrets in operations, licensing, franchising, assignments, technology transfers, M&A, and valuation processes.
Defense and Litigation Regarding Trade Secrets
We handle pre-litigation and litigation matters involving the unlawful acquisition, use, or disclosure of trade secrets, including injunctions and civil or criminal actions.
Team specializing in trade secrets
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Other services related to trade secrets
Patents and utility models
We protect your innovation throughout its entire lifecycle with a strategy tailored to the technology, market, and future trajectory.
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Drafting and negotiating custom contracts
We draft and negotiate IP and technology agreements tailored to the asset, the transaction, and your business objectives.
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IP Policies, Confidentiality, and Governance Model
We design policies and governance models to integrate the management of intellectual property and trade secrets into the organization.
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IP Litigation
We defend industrial and intellectual property rights in court, combining litigation strategy, technical expertise, and highly specialized teams.
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How can we help you?
From patents, trademarks, and copyrights to technology, contracts, data protection, and IP disputes. We analyze your needs, assign them to the most qualified professional, and provide you with a response in less than 24 hours.