GRUR/ AIPPI Joint Brussels Workshop `The proposed EU framework for protection of trade secrets state of play and future challenges` 2015 is dedicated to issues and state of play of the emerging EU Directive on the protection of trade secrets.
GRUR/ AIPPI Joint Brussels Workshop `The proposed EU framework for protection of trade secrets state of play and future challenges` 2015 covers topics such as:
- Trade secrets: intellectual property or unfair competition?
- Core issues and state of play of the legislative procedure
- Unlawful acts: what the draft directive does not address - in particular the position of former employees
- Unlawful acts: what the draft directive addresses
- Limits of protection: reverse engineering
- Limits of protection: transparency issues (freedom of expression, whistleblowing)
- Remedies and enforcement
