As vehicles become increasingly automated, new technology is giving rise to new partnerships. Telecommunications and tech companies are beginning to play a larger role in the design of vehicles, and they are leveraging their technology with OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) in an effort to create safe, cutting-edge autonomous systems.

The trend favoring these new partnerships will not lessen as regulations and compliance requirements become more stringent. But in the rush to form these new partnerships, companies are increasingly overlooking the risks to their trade secrets. These risks arise in three primary contexts.

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