At long last, Germany transposed the Trade Secrets Directive (“Directive”) into national law. Almost a year after the implementation deadline, the(Trade Secrets Act, “Act”) came into effect on April 26, 2019. It replaces the provisions of the Unfair Competition Act on misappropriation of...
doi:10.2139/ssrn.3578381trade secretsIP lawunfair competition lawGermanyThis paper introduces and analyses the German Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2019 (Geschftsgeheimnisgesetz), which implements the EU Trade Secrets Directive 2Social Science Electronic Publishing...
In the wake of the new German Trade Secrets Act, we ask: Do you have adequate measures in place to safeguard confidentiality of your secrets? If a third party nonetheless misappropriates them, which remedies will be available to you?
in this respect. A good indication may be the comprehensive case law developed by U.S. courts when interpreting the requirement of “reasonable efforts” to maintain the secrecy of a trade secret under the U.S. Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Besides a requirement to advise recipients that the inf...
Germany, 1927, silent, b/w, English subtitles, ca. 113 min. - The film tells the story of a young French woman's struggle for happiness amid the turbulence of post-WWI Europe. For an act of political betrayal, Jeanne's father is killed by Andreas (Uno Henning), a young Bolshevik and...
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South Korea’s development of key national IP assets and its focus on trade secrets enables high-level chip and vaccine deals.Read more here Data shows that there was a drop in the number of patent deals done in the US between January and March 2021. NPEs acquired over 50% of the assets...
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Trade agreements emphasize mutual economic interests focusing on energy, technology and infrastructure. The impact of India’s foreign policy on its relations with the Middle East India’s foreign policy emphasizes non-alignment, strategic liberalism and economic cooperation, which affects the approach to...
Romania’s communist regime received favorable trade deals from the U.S. for years due to Israeli pressure on Congress in its behalf (N.Y. Times, Jan. 18, 1992, p. 23). The notion that the Zionist Jewish movement was anti-communist is a fallacy. ...