# Building a trade secret protection programme

Source: https://luatbanquyen.com/en/services/trade-secret-protection-programme · Updated: 2026-08-28

Trade secrets cannot be registered: the right exists only while you can show you applied the necessary protection measures. This service builds exactly that evidence.

In a dispute the first question is what you did to keep the information secret — the inventory of confidential information, NDAs, access controls, and the leaver process. Without that record the information no longer qualifies as a trade secret.

- **Who may perform this:** Corporate lawyer
- **Timeline:** Typically 2–3 weeks for a small or medium enterprise
- **How pricing works:** Quoted by headcount and the number of processes to be standardised.

## Deliverables

- An inventory of confidential information and access levels
- NDA templates for staff, partners and contractors
- A process for departures and for sharing information externally

## What you provide

- Your org chart and who has access to what
- The employment and partner contracts currently in use

## Contents

- [Trade secrets, trade names, geographical indications and layout designs](/en/industrial-property/trade-secrets-and-other-subject-matter)
- [The author and the copyright owner are not always the same person](/en/copyright/author-vs-copyright-owner)

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