Theoretical and Practical Considerations Relating to the Definition and Legal Protection of Know-how

Gheorghe Lucian ()
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Gheorghe Lucian: Ovidius University of Constanta, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Maritime

Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, 2012, vol. XII, issue 3, 46

Abstract: English expression know-how has been known and used for the first time in U.S. since the early twentieth century and has been used in Europe in 1967. Congress of the International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property, held in Mexico City in 1972, know-how has been defined as "the knowledge and experience of technical, commercial, administrative, financial or otherwise are applicable practical to operate a business or a profession execution ".

Keywords: know-how; trade secrets; unfair competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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