What Act on the Protection of Trade Secrets (Gesetz zum Schutz von Geschaeftsgeheimnissen - GeschGehG) requires
This Act transposes the EU Trade Secrets Directive into German law and protects trade secrets against unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure (Section 1). It defines a trade secret, the holder and the infringer (Section 2), sets out permissible acts including reverse engineering and whistleblowing exceptions (Sections 3 and 5), and prohibits the unlawful acquisition, use or disclosure of a trade secret (Section 4). It grants civil claims for elimination and injunctive relief, destruction and recall, information and damages (Sections 6 to 11), provides for confidentiality in trade-secret litigation (Sections 16 to 20), and makes the breach of trade secrets a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment of up to three years or a fine (Section 23).
Pillar: Legal & IP Sovereignty · Authority: Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesministerium der Justiz) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_geschgehg/englisch_geschgehg.html
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Primary Citations — 5 traced to source
- GeschGehG, Section 2 - Definitions (trade secret, holder, infringer)
- GeschGehG, Section 3 - Permissible acts
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