The road towards the harmonisation of trade secrets law in the European Union
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Trade secrets have traditionally been protected in various ways by national laws in the European Union. The international intellectual property treaties offered only a limited common core. From this starting point this article examines the new EU draft directive on trade secrets. The aim is not to put in place a comprehensive EU regime for the protection of trade secrets. There will only be a partial harmonisation of the national laws of the Member States, focussing on the unlawful acquisition, disclosure and use of trade secrets, and that harmonization will be of a minimalist nature in the sense that Member States may provide, in compliance with the provisions of the Treaty, for more far-reaching protection against the unlawful acquisition... Ver más
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The road towards the harmonisation of trade secrets law in the European Union The road towards the harmonisation of trade secrets law in the European Union Trade secrets have traditionally been protected in various ways by national laws in the European Union. The international intellectual property treaties offered only a limited common core. From this starting point this article examines the new EU draft directive on trade secrets. The aim is not to put in place a comprehensive EU regime for the protection of trade secrets. There will only be a partial harmonisation of the national laws of the Member States, focussing on the unlawful acquisition, disclosure and use of trade secrets, and that harmonization will be of a minimalist nature in the sense that Member States may provide, in compliance with the provisions of the Treaty, for more far-reaching protection against the unlawful acquisition, use or disclosure of trade secrets than that required in the Directive. Torremans, Paul L. C. Trade secrets European Union draft directive national laws international treaties 20 Núm. 20 , Año 2015 : Julio-Diciembre Artículo de revista Journal article 2015-12-15T09:22:54Z 2015-12-15T09:22:54Z 2015-12-15 application/pdf text/html Centro de Estudios de la Propiedad Intelectual Revista La Propiedad Inmaterial 1657-1959 2346-2116 https://revistas.uexternado.edu.co/index.php/propin/article/view/4346 10.18601/16571959.n20.02 https://doi.org/10.18601/16571959.n20.02 spa https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ 27 38 Aplin, T., “A Critical Evaluation of the Proposed eu Trade Secrets Directive”, King’s College London Law School Research Paper n.º 2014-25, http://papers. ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2467946 Aplin, T.; Bently, L., Johnson, Ph. & Malynicz, S., Gurry on breach of confidence: The protection of confidential information, 2nd ed., oup, 2012. Coleman, A., The legal protection of trade secrets, Sweet & Maxwell, 1992. Gervais, D., The Trips Agreement: Drafting history and analysis, 4th ed., Sweet & Maxwell, 2012. Study on Trade Secrets and Confidential Business Information in the Internal Market, Final Study, April 2013, Prepared for the European Commission http:// ec.europa.eu/internal_market/iprenforcement/docs/trade-secrets/130711_ final-study_en.pdf Torremans, P., Holyoak and Torremans Intellectual Property Law, 7th ed., oup, 2013. Van Caeneghem, W., Trade secrets and intellectual property: Breach of confidence, misappropriation and unfair competition, Wolters Kluwer, 2014. Van Caeneghem, W., Trade secrets and intellectual property: Breach of confidence, misappropriation and unfair competition, Wolters Kluwer, 2014. https://revistas.uexternado.edu.co/index.php/propin/article/download/4346/4930 https://revistas.uexternado.edu.co/index.php/propin/article/download/4346/5116 info:eu-repo/semantics/article http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 http://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ARTREF info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 Text Publication |
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Trade secrets have traditionally been protected in various ways by national laws in the European Union. The international intellectual property treaties offered only a limited common core. From this starting point this article examines the new EU draft directive on trade secrets. The aim is not to put in place a comprehensive EU regime for the protection of trade secrets. There will only be a partial harmonisation of the national laws of the Member States, focussing on the unlawful acquisition, disclosure and use of trade secrets, and that harmonization will be of a minimalist nature in the sense that Member States may provide, in compliance with the provisions of the Treaty, for more far-reaching protection against the unlawful acquisition, use or disclosure of trade secrets than that required in the Directive.
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