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		<title>Frankfurt Local Court: Confidentiality of exam questions (?)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Stefan Maaßen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Frankfurt Local Court had to rule on the right to receive a free copy of the results of a German language test. Such requests for disclosure have recently become (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/frankfurt-local-court-confidentiality-of-exam-questions/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Reverse Engineering and the Burden of Proof in GeschGehG Proceedings</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/reverse-engineering-and-the-burden-of-proof-in-geschgehg-proceedings-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 12:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Definition of a Trade Secret]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gathering of evidence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We have previously discussed the particular difficulties of presenting evidence in GeschGehG proceedings in another article (here). An analysis of a decision by the Aachen Labor Court illustrates the objections (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/reverse-engineering-and-the-burden-of-proof-in-geschgehg-proceedings-2/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Risks to trade secrets in international discovery proceedings</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/risks-to-trade-secrets-in-international-discovery-proceedings/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 14:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procedural law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil proceedings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gathering of evidence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unlike under the German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO), under U.S. law, parties have extensive opportunities &#8211; as part of the so-called “discovery” process &#8211; to investigate facts relevant to (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/risks-to-trade-secrets-in-international-discovery-proceedings/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Risk of a violation of the trade secrets act following an employee’s change of employer &#8211; is the “Clean Team” a solution?</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/risk-of-a-violation-of-the-trade-secrets-act-following-an-employees-change-of-employer-is-the-clean-team-a-solution/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procedural law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change of personnel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil proceedings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gathering of evidence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 &#8211; impermissible &#8211; removal (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/risk-of-a-violation-of-the-trade-secrets-act-following-an-employees-change-of-employer-is-the-clean-team-a-solution/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Presenting evidence in a GeschGehG-Trial (German Act on the Protection of Trade Secret)</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/presenting-evidence-in-a-geschgehg-trial-german-act-on-the-protection-of-trade-secret/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Burden of proof]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil proceedings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[If, after an employee leaves the company, the employee’s new employer &#8211; or even a company newly founded by that former employee &#8211; brings a competing product to market, there (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/presenting-evidence-in-a-geschgehg-trial-german-act-on-the-protection-of-trade-secret/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Gathering evidence by accessing employees’ email accounts</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/gathering-evidence-by-accessing-employees-email-accounts/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procedural law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Data protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[German Trade Secrets Act (GeschGehG) and GDPR]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/gathering-evidence-by-accessing-employees-email-accounts/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Inspection procedure under the German trade secret Act (GeschGehG)</title>
		<link>https://geheimnisblog.de/en/inspection-procedure-under-the-german-trade-secret-act-geschgehg/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie-Sarah Boudon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Procedural law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faxkarte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gathering of evidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[German Trade Secrets Act (GeschGehG) and the TRIPS Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procedure for inspection of evidence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When the GeschGehG was enacted, the legislature did not provide for the collection of additional information in cases where the use of trade secrets was suspected. Nevertheless, the inspection procedure (&#8230;) <a href="https://geheimnisblog.de/en/inspection-procedure-under-the-german-trade-secret-act-geschgehg/">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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