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HomeStudy on trade secrets and parasitic copying (look-alikes)
Report on trade secrets for the European Commission
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The objective of the study is to carry out a comparative law assessment of the legal protection against trade secret infringement and parasitic copying in the different Member States, and to provide the Commission with an overall view of the legal regimes and practical operation of the systems of law governing these matters throughout the European Union. This report considers the protection of trade secrets. (See our separate report on the protection available against parasitic copying). One of the aims of the Study is to identify the main features of the different legal frameworks in the EU Member States for the protection of trade secrets. In this report we have considered the nature of the rights conferred, the judicial procedures and remedies available, perceived inadequacies in the current law and best practice. Our report focuses on the civil law but given that the criminal law is an important means of protection of trade secrets in some Member States we have included some commentary on the criminal law.
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for the Internal Market and Services (European Commission) , Hogan Lovells
- Themes: Regional policy and regional economies
- Subject: civil law , criminal law , EU Member State , principle of legal certainty , professional secret , trade policy
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| ISSN | ISBN | DOI | Catalogue number KM-31-13-744-EN-N |
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