If you mean in terms of giving up the company's secrets, no, because if you're going for protection for your idea, you're disclosing something in return for at least theoretically a period of time when your use of that is entirely up to you. You can license it, use it yourself, or refuse to let anybody else use it. That's the theoretical give and take in the patent system. By the time something is disclosed, chances are that everybody has got wind of it. We like to tell our clients what's coming down the pike.
On October 18th, 2012. See this statement in context.