In a recent trademark case, the Court of Appeal of The Hague set up a confidentiality club in order to create a possibility for the alleged infringer to submit confidential information in the proceedings. This mechanism was introduced in Dutch law last year through the implementation of the EU Trade Secrets Directive. Although the wording
Data forms the cornerstone of the current economy. Being in control of you data is key. Last year, the GDPR and the EU Trade Secrets Directive created the legal framework for the protection of the most important data in a company: personal data and trade secrets. Following the recent successful edition in Dutch, our Amsterdam office
On 14 March, we organized alongside the Association française des juristes d’entreprise (AFJE) a workshop regarding the implementation of the Trade Secret Law in France, which was voted into force on 30 July 2018 and transposes the European Trade Secrets Directive of June 2016. Here are our key takeaways for international and French companies: What’s
Besides its new provisions defining the trade secret and sanctioning its infringements, the French Law of 30 July 2018 regarding Trade Secret offers new procedural instruments aimed at efficiently protecting the confidentiality of the exhibits submitted by the parties. Article L.153-2 of the Code of Commerce provides that any person having access to an exhibit
On 9 October we held the fifth in our LimeGreen Live webinar series. This instalment explored how the US and EU member states are handling trade secret protection: what the differences are, where you might face challenges and how best to proceed in securing adequate protection and enforcing your rights throughout the US and the
Join us on 09 October for the fifth in our LimeGreen Live webinar series. In this webinar we will look at how the US and EU member states are handling trade secret protection: what the differences are, where you might face challenges and how best to proceed in securing adequate protection and enforcing your rights throughout the US
On Saturday, 9 June 2018, with little or no fanfare, the UK’s Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018 No. 597) came into force. These Trade Secret Regulations implement into UK law the 8 June 2016 EU Directive on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use
Trade secrets can be one of your most valuable assets, but due to the lack of a consistent framework in Europe, effectively protecting trade secrets can often prove challenging. This will be changing: by 9 June 2018 Member States of the European Union must implement the EU Trade Secrets Directive into national law. The Directive will harmonize trade secrets laws
The UKIPO has this week issued a consultation paper on the proposed UK Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018. The consultation seeks the views of interested parties on the draft Regulations which are intended to transpose the EU Trade Secrets Directive ((EU) 2016/943) into UK law. The consultation will run until 16 March 2018 with
EU Directive 2016/943 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure must be implemented in the EU Member States by June 2018. The Directive seeks to address the increasing importance of trade secrets, the growing threat to classified information and how to effectively combat industrial espionage and protect secrets.
Tomorrow Hogan Lovells will join other interested parties at a round table meeting convened by the UK Intellectual Property Office to discuss the proposed approach to implementation of the new Trade Secrets Directive into English law. The deadline for implementation of the Directive is June 2018, before Brexit, and so the meeting should be interesting on
Stanislas Roux-Vaillard discusses the key points covered by the EU trade secrets directive that aims at protecting undisclosed know-how and business information. Member States will have to implement all the critical requirements now set as a minimum standard by the directive by 9 June 2018. Watch the v-log here Catch up on our earlier Trade