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		<title>Baden-Württemberg Regional Labor Court: Protection of Trade Secrets Despite an Invalid Clause in the Employment Contract</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/baden-wuerttemberg-regional-labor-court-protection-of-trade-secrets-despite-an-invalid-clause-in-the-employment-contract/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Protective measures]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Claims arising from the breach of trade secrets may only be asserted by a party that protects its secrets from access by third parties through appropriate measures. These measures also (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/baden-wuerttemberg-regional-labor-court-protection-of-trade-secrets-despite-an-invalid-clause-in-the-employment-contract/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Looking back: GeschGehG 2022</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/looking-back-geschgehg-2022/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Stefan Maaßen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 16:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Labor law]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[To wrap things up, let’s take another look at the activities of the Geheimnisblog over the past year: We published no fewer than 13 posts related to the German Act (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/looking-back-geschgehg-2022/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Schleswig Higher Regional Court: Updates on reasonable confidentiality measures</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/schleswig-higher-regional-court-updates-on-reasonable-confidentiality-measures/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2022 13:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[All Clause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil proceedings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Definition of a Trade Secret]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A ruling by the Schleswig Higher Regional Court dated April 28, 2022 (Case No. 6 U 39/21) contains some interesting and highly practical insights into the concept of trade secrets (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/schleswig-higher-regional-court-updates-on-reasonable-confidentiality-measures/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hamburg Labor Court: Cocktail recipe is not a trade secret</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/hamburg-labor-court-cocktail-recipe-is-not-a-trade-secret/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Case law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protective measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confidentiality measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Definition of a Trade Secret]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Specificity]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a labor law case, the Hamburg Labor Court ruled that a cocktail recipe did not qualify as a trade secret (decision dated July 1, 2021, Case No. 4 Ca (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/hamburg-labor-court-cocktail-recipe-is-not-a-trade-secret/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court: A divided concept of confidentiality?</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/duesseldorf-higher-regional-court-a-divided-concept-of-confidentiality/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Case law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General civil law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protective measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confidentiality measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Definition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Definition of a Trade Secret]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (OLG Düsseldorf)]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In its decision of September 21, 2021 (Case No. 15 W 6/21, GRUR 2022, 75 – Disclosure of Expert Opinion (not publicly available)), the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court held that (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/duesseldorf-higher-regional-court-a-divided-concept-of-confidentiality/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Last but not least: Appropriate protective measures and duration of validity</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/last-but-not-least-appropriate-protective-measures-and-duration-of-validity/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2021 15:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protective measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confidentiality measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temporal validity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transposition deadline]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We’re taking the occasion of the Geheimnisblog’s first New Year to look back on our favorite topic: We’re drawing an interim conclusion regarding how the courts have handled appropriate protective (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/last-but-not-least-appropriate-protective-measures-and-duration-of-validity/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vienna Supreme Court: Implied duty of confidentiality in the transfer of trade secrets</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/vienna-supreme-court-implied-duty-of-confidentiality-in-the-transfer-of-trade-secrets/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to the Vienna Supreme Court (Case No.: 4Ob182/20y), the granting of a right to use a software source code (which is to be classified as a trade secret) may (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/vienna-supreme-court-implied-duty-of-confidentiality-in-the-transfer-of-trade-secrets/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sending trade secrets via email only if encrypted!?</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/sending-trade-secrets-via-email-only-if-encrypted/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2021 14:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protective measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confidentiality measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Encryption]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Under Section 2 no. 1 b) of the German Act on the Protection of Trade Secret (GeschGehG), information is protected as a trade secret only if the lawful owner subjects (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/sending-trade-secrets-via-email-only-if-encrypted/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Case law on reasonable confidentiality measures</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/case-law-on-reasonable-confidentiality-measures/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protective measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil proceedings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confidentiality measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/case-law-on-reasonable-confidentiality-measures/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trade secret despite publication in a YouTube video?</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/trade-secret-despite-publication-in-a-youtube-video/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Procedural law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protective measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confidentiality measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obviousness]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Under the German Act on the Protection of Trade Secret (GeschGehG), only information that is not generally known or readily accessible can constitute a trade secret. This requirement roughly corresponds (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/trade-secret-despite-publication-in-a-youtube-video/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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