Can Trade Secret Law Protect Indigenous Knowledge?; Law360, October 9, 2026

Ivan Moreno , Law360; Can Trade Secret Law Protect Indigenous Knowledge?

[Kip Currier: It's intriguing to see trade secret law (re)considered as a potential means for enabling indigenous communities to secure protection of their communal knowledge.

My Bloomsbury book Ethics, Information, and Technology (2025) has extensive separate chapters on Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property, as well as AI.]

"As the U.S. and other countries struggle to agree on new international protections for Indigenous knowledge, trade secret law is drawing renewed attention as a possible solution for material that communities actually keep confidential."