How Fortune 500s Use Procurement to Manage Vendor IP Theft Risk

Episode 55 of Enterprise Tech with Fexingo digs into a growing concern for Fortune 500 procurement teams: protecting intellectual property when vendors access proprietary data. Lucas and Luna break down the specific case of a manufacturing firm that discovered its analytics vendor was using client production algorithms to train their own models — without permission. They walk through the procurement safeguards that emerged: audit clauses, data isolation requirements, and the rise of 'IP indemnification' as a non-negotiable contract term. The episode also covers how courts are treating vendor misappropriation in 2026, referencing the recent Texas federal ruling that set a precedent for vendor liability in AI training data. For procurement pros and enterprise IT leaders, this is a concrete look at how contract language is evolving to match technical risk. #IntellectualProperty #Procurement #VendorRisk #IPTheft #EnterpriseSoftware #Fortune500 #ContractLaw #DataGovernance #AI #VendorManagement #LegalTech #Indemnification #AuditClauses #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #EnterpriseTech Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo