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Cross-Border Trade Secret Disputes in the European Union: Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

Cross-Border Trade Secret Disputes in the European Union: Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

Author: Lydia Lundstedt
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781035315109
Published In: October 2023
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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In today’s data-driven economy, it is essential for companies to protect their trade secrets against unlawful acquisition,use and disclosure; with the ease of digital communications, employee migration and international trade, trade secret violations now often occur across national borders. This book examines how trade secret protection can differ across jurisdictions, where trade secret holders can bring proceedings, and which country’s law is applicable.

Lundstedt provides a European perspective, analysing how the EU’s rules on jurisdiction and applicable law relate to the EU’s wider objectives on encouraging cross-border innovation activities. Using common trade secret scenarios as a springboard for analysis, this book questions whether EU private international law rules can be interpreted to facilitate the objectives of the EU Trade Secret Directive and in doing so it sets out a detailed examination of both regimes.

Providing a clear and comprehensive perspective on a complex area of law, this book will be valuable for scholars of private international law, intellectual property law and EU law. Due to its practical approach to analysis, it will also be useful for policy makers and legal practitioners seeking information about uncertainties that exist in the current law.

PART I. THE FACTUAL, THEORETICAL AND SUBSTANTIVE LAW BACKGROUND

Introduction to cross-border trade secret disputes 2 The factual and theoretical background to trade secret protection 3 The international framework for the protection of trade secrets 4 The protection of trade secrets in the European Union

PART II. TRADE SECRETS AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

Characterisation in European private international law 6 The international private international law framework for trade secret protection 7 Jurisdiction over trade secret disputes in the European Union 8 The law applicable to trade secret disputes in the European Union 9 Overriding mandatory rules, public policy and non-excludable rules in the Trade Secret Directive 10 Conclusions on jurisdiction and applicable law with respect to cross-border trade secret disputes

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