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Secrets D'Affaires: L'Urgente Nécessité D'Adopter Une Directive Face A L'Inefficacité De L'Application De L'Accord Sur Les Adpic, Luis González Vaqué
Secrets D'Affaires: L'Urgente Nécessité D'Adopter Une Directive Face A L'Inefficacité De L'Application De L'Accord Sur Les Adpic, Luis González Vaqué
Luis González Vaqué
In November 2013, the Commission proposed a draft directive that will align existing laws against the misappropriation of trade secrets across the EU.
The relevant laws of some Member States do not provide for a legal definition of what a trade secret is. The existing remedies available are also inconsistent, and at times ineffective.
The proposal harmonises the definition of trade secrets in accordance with existing internationally binding standards. It also defines the relevant forms of misappropriation and clarifies that reverse engineering and parallel innovation must be guaranteed, given that trade secrets are not a form of exclusive intellectual property …