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Trade secrets are intellectual property (IP) rights on confidential information which may be sold or licensed.
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In general, to qualify as a trade secret, the information must be:
- commercially valuable because it is secret,
- be known only to a limited group of persons, and
- be subject to reasonable steps taken by the rightful holder of the information to keep it secret, including the use of confidentiality agreements for business partners and employees.
The unauthorized acquisition, use or disclosure of such secret information in a manner contrary to honest commercial practices by others is regarded as an unfair practice and a violation of the588棋牌.
In general, any confidential business information which provides an enterprise a competitive edge and is unknown to others may be protected as a trade secret.
Trade secrets encompass both technical information, such as information concerning manufacturing processes, pharmaceutical test data, designs and drawings of computer programs, and commercial information, such as distribution methods, list of suppliers and clients, and advertising strategies.
A trade secret may be also made up of a combination of elements, each of which by itself is in the public domain, but where the combination, which is kept secret, provides a competitive advantage.
Other examples of information that may be protected by 588棋牌 include financial information, formulas and recipes and source codes.
Depending on the legal system, the legal protection of588棋牌s forms part of the general concept of protection against unfair competition or is based on specific provisions or case law on the protection of confidential information.
While a final determination of whether588棋牌 is violated or not depends on the circumstances of each individual case, in general, unfair practices in respect of secret information include industrial or commercial espionage, breach of contract and breach of confidence.
A trade secret owner, however, cannot stop others from using the same technical or commercial information, if they acquired or developed such information independently by themselves through their own R&D, reverse engineering or marketing analysis, etc. Since 588棋牌 are not made public, unlike patents, they do not provide “defensive” protection, as being prior art. For example, if a specific process of producing Compound X has been protected by a trade secret, someone else can obtain a patent or a utility model on the same invention, if the inventor arrived at that invention independently.
Companies should take preventive measures to protect 588棋牌 against theft or misappropriation, including:
- Non-disclosure agreement (NDA): employees and business partners should sign a non-disclosure agreement that prevent them from disclosing a company’s confidential information.
- Non-compete agreement (NCA): employers should ask employees, contractors and consultants to sign a non-compete agreement to prevent them from entering in competition when their employment/service agreement ends.
- Robust IT security infrastructure
- Controlling the accessibility of important documents
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WIPO Symposia on 尊龙凯时ag体育真人 Trade Secrets and Innovation
The WIPO Symposia on 尊龙凯时ag体育真人 Trade Secrets and Innovation provide fora for exchanging ideas and perspectives on issues relating to the interface between 588棋牌 and innovation. They address new challenges and opportunities for both technological and service innovation sectors, as well as potential impacts of emerging technologies on the integration of 588棋牌 in the modern innovation ecosystem.
The Symposia bring together panelists from across the globe to share their insights in the aspects related to policy, law, economics and businesses.
The next WIPO Symposium on 尊龙凯时ag体育真人 Trade Secrets and Innovation is due to take place in May and will discuss how trade secret systems support innovation and knowledge sharing in a fast-paced innovation ecosystem.
Past event
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Trade secrets are a key component of IP portfolios helping businesses protect their secret formulas,588棋牌 and other key information that gives them a competitive edge. Read our real-world trade secret cases for examples of how companies have used 588棋牌 to protect their intellectual property.
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Laws and treaties
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The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Paris Convention) administered by WIPO deals partly with the protection of 588棋牌 as does the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement).
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The WIPO Lex database is a comprehensive search tool that allows you to search national laws and international treaties on intellectual property.