{"id":29512,"date":"2019-03-23T09:29:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T07:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/trade-secrets-act-what-companies-need-to-do-now\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T15:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T13:07:13","slug":"trade-secrets-act-what-companies-need-to-do-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/en\/trade-secrets-act-what-companies-need-to-do-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade Secrets Act: What companies need to do now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull v4-pattern-hero v4-pattern-hero--post is-style-background-blend is-style-arrow has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light v4-pattern-hero__cover\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);min-height:75vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img data-dominant-color=\"9d8224\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #9d8224;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-29497 size-large not-transparent\" alt=\"Gesch\u00e4ftsgeheimnisgesetz: Was Unternehmen jetzt tun m\u00fcssen, Gesch\u00e4ftsgeheimnisgesetz, GeschGehG, Rechtsanwalt, Know-How\" src=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Geschaeftsgeheimnisse-Was-Sie-jetzt-tun-muessen-1024x576.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Geschaeftsgeheimnisse-Was-Sie-jetzt-tun-muessen-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Geschaeftsgeheimnisse-Was-Sie-jetzt-tun-muessen-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Geschaeftsgeheimnisse-Was-Sie-jetzt-tun-muessen-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Geschaeftsgeheimnisse-Was-Sie-jetzt-tun-muessen-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Geschaeftsgeheimnisse-Was-Sie-jetzt-tun-muessen-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:5em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1d4b5d69 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<h1 id=\"multirow-headline-block_de981aa2371a27f36f35db51c7202bd4\" class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\r\n    <div class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\n\n<p class=\"has-gigantic-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">New rules<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-huge-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:15%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">for  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-c0b0a616ff7a0829fdff03421a243d51\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\"><span class=\"v4-marker-highlight-background\">Trade secrets.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div> \r\n<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-small-font-size is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76c96157 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase\"><div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2019-03-23T09:29:47+02:00\">23. March 2019<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p>from<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Clemens Pfitzer<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c93ec0be wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>The legal framework for the protection of trade secrets has changed. The German legislator has now also implemented the so-called Know-How Protection Directive with the passing of the Trade Secrets Act. What companies must now do.  <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hintergrund-zu-geschaftsgeheimnissen\">Background on trade secrets<\/h2>\n\n<p>Until now, <a href=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/rechtsgebiet\/know-how-schutz-und-geschaftsgeheimnisse\/\">trade secrets <\/a>have been protected under German law via criminal norms in <a href=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/rechtsgebiet\/wettbewerbsrecht\/\">competition law <\/a>. These also allowed third parties to be held liable under civil law in the event of infringements. In order to be able to assert corresponding claims, it had to be a trade secret, which could sometimes be any internal information of a company.  <\/p>\n\n<p>However, the requirements for protection have changed as a result of <a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/DE\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX%3A32016L0943\">Directive (EU) 2016\/943<\/a>, the so-called Know-How Protection Directive. This should have been transposed into German law by June 2018. However, it has only now been implemented with the adoption of the <a href=\"http:\/\/dip21.bundestag.de\/dip21\/btd\/19\/047\/1904724.pdf\">Trade Secrets Act <\/a>(GeschGehG).  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-was-andert-sich-fur-unternehmen-durch-das-nbsp-geschaftsgeheimnisgesetz\">What changes will the Trade Secrets Act bring for companies?<\/h2>\n\n<p>One significant change is the definition of a trade secret. In future, a trade secret will only be information that <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-arrow\">\n<li>is not generally known or readily accessible, either as a whole or in the precise arrangement and composition of its components, to persons within the circles that normally deal with this type of information and is therefore of commercial value<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>is the subject of confidentiality measures appropriate to the circumstances by its legitimate owner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>This means that the entrepreneur who wants to take action against an infringement of their trade secrets in the future must, among other things, demonstrate and, if necessary, prove that the trade secret has an economic value because it is secret and that the entrepreneur has taken appropriate confidentiality measures to protect the trade secrets. The measures include technical, organizational and legal measures to protect the trade secrets. The requirement of appropriate confidentiality measures has not existed under German law to date.   <\/p>\n\n<p>It is therefore advisable for companies to draw up a protection concept which can serve as documentation and, in the event of a dispute, as proof of the appropriate confidentiality measures.<\/p>\n\n<p>For some technical and organizational measures, it may be possible to fall back on measures that were implemented as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/rechtsgebiet\/datenschutzrecht\/\">implementation of the GDPR<\/a>, although the direction of protection is different here. In addition to technical and organizational measures, legal measures, e.g. confidentiality agreements, must also be concluded and amended. <\/p>\n\n<p>Ultimately, when developing a protection concept, it is important to ask which information should and can be protected as trade secrets in the future. This information should then be categorized according to importance in order to develop appropriate confidentiality measures. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns v4-pattern-text-copy-half-col is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Companies must act now in order not to lose the protection of their trade secrets. Without an adequate protection concept, there is a risk that confidentiality protection for the trade secrets concerned will be lost for good. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide v4-pattern-cta-box has-secondary-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a7c0d175 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide 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