Brexit and EU rules: Trade Secrets Directive – part 4

In part four of our EU Directives series, Stefan Petrovski, accounting supervisor at Primexis, considers the key elements of the Trade Secrets Directive covering undisclosed know-how and business information, although there are timing questions over UK adoption

In anticipation of infringement of European companies’ trade secrets, the EU introduced the Trade Secrets Directive (EU) 2016/943 on 8 June 2016 covering ‘protection of know-how and undisclosed information (trade secrets) against illegal acquisition, use, and disclosure’.

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