EUIPO publishes 436 page survey on pre-Directive EU trade secrets protection
The AmeriKat has been noticeably whiskers down in her day job over the past few months . But now, with the frenzy of a new Court term still several weeks away, she has taken the relatively quiet opportunity to review the much awaited publication of the EU IPO's report entitled " The Baseline of Trade Secrets Litigation in the EU ". This report was commissioned by the EU IPO in order to prepare the future report that will assess what impact the EU Trade Secrets Directive has had (see previous Kat posts here ). That report is to be published before 9 June 2021 (just think, 2021...what might be in store for us then?). The AmeriKat's whiskers now alert to the EUIPO's Baseline Trade Secrets Study The 436-page report covers all 28 Member States and addresses how each jurisdiction deals with definitional issues, scope of protection, sources of law, enforcement (contractual, tortious, criminal, equitable, etc) and cross border issues relating to trade secrets (confid...