2020 years 10 month 30 day, The European Commission has announced that it has decided to refer the Cyprus case to the European Court of Justice, And asked Cyprus to pay a fine, The reason is that the country has no rules to protect undisclosed know-how and business information (The first 2016/943 Number instruction) Translated into domestic law.

        The above instruction is also known as "Trade secret directive" , It aims to harmonise legal protection of trade secrets across the EU, And to ensure that people are being illegally traded in trade secrets, Access to adequate and consistent civil remedies and compensation in the single market in the case of use or disclosure.

        The European Commission says, Cyprus has so far not communicated any conversion measures, while "Trade secret directive" The prescribed deadline has passed 2018 years 6 month 9 Day due.

        2018 years 7 month, The European Commission has launched a case against Cyprus, concurrence 2019 years 7 The month gave a reasonable opinion.

        The Cypriot authorities have still not indicated any measures to transpose the above directive, So the commission decided to refer the case to the European Court of Justice.

        Trade secrets are a kind of valuable information for enterprises, Is treated as confidential information, It can bring competitive advantage to enterprises.

        Pertaining to the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information "Trade secret directive" The definition of trade secret is unified according to the existing international binding standards.

        The directive also sets out the relevant forms of abuse of trade secrets, It also points out that trade secrets are not a proprietary form of intellectual property, So reverse engineering and parallel innovation must be prevented (parallel innovation) .

        "Trade secret directive" There are no criminal sanctions for infringement, It mainly involves civil means by which victims of abuse of trade secrets can seek protection, For example: Stop the illegal use and further disclose abused trade secrets; Remove from the market goods made on the basis of illegally obtained trade secrets; Victims have the right to seek compensation for damage caused by the illegal use or disclosure of their trade secrets. (Compiled from cyprus-mail. com)

        Reprinted from China Intellectual Property Network   translation: Li Yanqiu　proofread: Liu Peng

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