The New EU Directive on the Protection of Trade Secrets and Its Implementation

Thomas Hoeren ()
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Thomas Hoeren: University of Münster

A chapter in Legal Tech and the New Sharing Economy, 2020, pp 241-253 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In June 2018, the deadline for the implementationImplementation of a new act reforming the trade secretTrade secret(s) law expired. The author describes the underlying EU Directive on the protection of trade secretsTrade secret(s) (Directive (EU) 2016/943, hereinafter “Directive”) and outlines the options of implementationImplementation. Special attention is paid to the producer’s liabilityLiability in accordance with Article 4 (5) of the Directive.

Keywords: Know-how protection; EU directive; Trade secrets; Implementation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1350-3_12

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