Legal uncertainty persists for holders of trade secrets regarding the specific requirements for “reasonable confidentiality measures” within the meaning of Section 2 no. 1 b) of the German Act on (…) Read more
Monthly Archives of September 2021
Risk of a violation of the trade secrets act following an employee’s change of employer – is the “Clean Team” a solution?
A common trigger for the German Act on the Protection of Trade Secret (GeschGehG) proceedings is an employee’s move to a new employer. Not only the – impermissible – removal (…) Read more
Presenting evidence in a GeschGehG-Trial (German Act on the Protection of Trade Secret)
If, after an employee leaves the company, the employee’s new employer – or even a company newly founded by that former employee – brings a competing product to market, there (…) Read more
Update: Seminar on Know-How Protection on December 10, 2021
We had been looking forward to a live seminar – but now the situation is not unfolding quite as we and the Lawyers’ Academy had envisioned and hoped. Today we (…) Read more
Gathering evidence by accessing employees’ email accounts
It’s a typical scenario: A former employee starts their own business or goes to work for a competitor. There is some evidence to suggest that the employee used trade secrets (…) Read more