Trade secret protection in the workplace – Rules and guidelines for effective trade secret protection
Saskia Leopold and Christoph Ludvik published their article on “๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ – ๐๐ช๐ก๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ” in the most recent ASoK issue (ASoK 2025, 74).
๐ฆ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ:
- ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Protecting trade secrets requires a ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ that combines ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น, ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ โ mere confidentiality obligations are not sufficient. We give you an insight on which organisational measures are highly recommended, ie a ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐.
- ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑs: Trade secrets should be divided into classes according to their importance in order to define appropriate protective measures that meet company requirements.
- ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐: The protective measures must be proportionate to the value of the secrets, the size of the company and the industry โ excessive costs or outdated measures can jeopardize protection.
- ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ท๐๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐: Protective measures must be ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ to reflect legal, technical and economic developments.
- ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ: The introduction, maintenance and monitoring of measures for the protection of classified information regularly ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐.
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