Organizational and legal security of business trade secrets

Vivchar, O., Redkva, O. & Garmatiuk, O. (2021) Organizational and legal security of business trade secrets. Sotsialno-ekonomichni problemy i derzhava [Socio-Economic Problems and the State] (electronic journal), Vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 355-361. Available at: http://sepd.tntu.edu.ua/images/stories/pdf/2021/21voiktb.pdf

Socio-Economic Problems and the State

2(25)

Nov-2021

Oct-2021

7-Oct-2022

Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University

UA

Ternopil

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9246-2226
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8246-4305

https://doi.org/10.33108/sepd2022.02.355

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international cooperation
regulatory framework
Directive
trade secret
business security
security contexts
business

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355-361

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The article is dedicated to the study of legal and illegal acquisition, use and disclosure of trade secrets of business, in the context of the application of security conditions. It is established that a comprehensive analysis of the provisions of the Directive and legislation of Ukraine on the protection of trade secrets indicates the relevance of clarifying certain issues of the protection of trade secrets of businesses in Ukraine, which as a consequence will ensure a high level of security conditions. The conceptual and categorical apparatus of trade secrets and the normative and legal basis for ensuring international cooperation, respectively, was investigated. A practical set of measures to ensure the confidentiality of trade secrets of business was substantiated. As a result of scientific research, the essential and substantive characteristics of the provision of the Directive as the main legal vector of ensuring security conditions have been identified. The provisions that should be taken into account when protecting the trade secret of the business are highlighted, namely: clarification of the procedure for securing the claim and precautionary measures; protection of trade secrets during court proceedings; clarification of legislation regarding the disclosure of trade secrets in the public interest, etc. It is determined that the current procedural legislation also requires improvement in the issue of ensuring in any type of judicial proceedings to limit access to materials that contain information constituting a business secret, in particular, by determining the circle of persons who will have access as such and the opportunity to become familiar with the materials of the case. Based on this, the implementation of the legal aspects of international cooperation in the context of secure measurement of trade secrets is demonstrated. The adoption of the Law provides for the confidentiality of court proceedings. In civil proceedings, authorizing the transfer of jurisdiction to certain specialized courts in cases of breaches of business secrets, the ability to classify litigation as confidential at the request of one party, and the potential limitation of the number of persons entitled to access evidence and / or hearings.

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Scientific Journal "Socio-Economic Problems and the State"

http://sepd.tntu.edu.ua/images/stories/pdf/2021/21voiktb.pdf
https://www.linklaters.com/en/insights/publications/2018/july/adoption-of-the-belgian-act-on-the-protectionof-trade-secrets
https://yur-gazeta.com/golovna/nimechchina-vvodit-noviy-zakon-pro-komerciynu-taemnicyu.html
https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/text/474499

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