Passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) made a major change in the landscape for managing and protecting intellectual property (IP). This is particularly important when the owner of the IP does not wish to pursue patent protection or cannot meet the qualifications for obtaining a patent. The DTSA provides an important federal remedy as a complement to state trade secret laws, which have been amended in the majority of states to adopt the structure of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA).