THE ROLE OF CRIMINAL LAW IN TRADE SECRET PROTECTION

Authors

  • Mladen Milošević

Keywords:

The Role of Criminal Law, Trade Secret, EU Directive 2016/943

Abstract

The protection of confidential business information is one of crucial elements of corporate security policy. It is also an important tool for securing corporate reputation and market competitiveness. Trade secrets have legal protection through norms of Penal, Civil, Trade and Labor law. This paper focuses on the role of Criminal Law in prevention and reaction in cases of trade secret abuse. The author presents and analyses the provisions of Serbian Criminal Code that regulates trade secret breach. He also considers relations between different forms of liability for trade secret misuse in Serbian legal system. Special attention is given to the problem of poor court practice since criminal sanctions are very rarely imposed for trade secret breaches. 

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2021-11-26

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Criminalistic and Criminal Justice Aspects in Solving and Proving of Criminal Of