By Melissa Ritti ( June 22, 2026, 13:37 GMT | Insight) -- Two decades of patent reform have not diminished their value nor lessened the need for litigation, according to a new report from Cornerstone Research. Instead, Kirti Gupta and Shane Oka say how innovators safeguard their work and where they enforce their rights is evolving.Innovators are increasingly reliant on trade secrets and other intellectual property rights to protect AI systems, algorithms, manufacturing know-how and other breakthroughs that have proven difficult — at least in the US — to meaningfully safeguard with patents, alone....
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