Topic

Trade secrets

Explore this subject through analysis, opinion and professional practice.

An inventor shares a fingerprint of technical documents with a lender in exchange for financing.

IP-backed finance and the disclosure paradox

IP-backed finance · Part 1

The EUIPO's 2026 report puts 'make IP visible' first on the road to IP-backed finance. For trade secrets and know-how, visibility is the risk. How to disclose the proof without disclosing the secret.

Marco Barulli · 13 October 2026 · 7 min read

An employee joins a company, develops confidential knowledge and later departs, with records preserved throughout.

In practice

Make employee NDAs more robust with a verifiable record of confidential knowledge

Connect employee NDAs to a verifiable record of confidential knowledge, from onboarding through project development to departure, without reproducing sensitive content in employment paperwork.

Marco Barulli · 8 October 2026 · 5 min read