Onderzoek over Trade Secrets en vertrouwelijke bedrijfsgeheimen in de interne markt

Following a call for tender, the European Commission contracted Baker & McKenzie to carry out a study on the economic and legal aspects linked with the use, misappropriation and litigation on confidential business information and trade secrets.

In this context Baker & McKenzie is launching a survey to industry aimed at collecting information on how companies manage their know-how and other information of strategic value for their competitiveness. The data to be collected from companies from all sizes and locations within the European Union will help the European Commission to better evaluate whether there is a need to provide companies, and in particular SMEs, with better means of redress against the economic harm resulting from dishonest appropriation of confidential business information.

The European Commission encourages any company to participate in the survey. In order to do so simply send a message to tradesecretstudy@bakermckenzie.com expressing your willingness to participate (ex: Dear Sirs, I would like to participate in the survey). You will then receive an e-mail providing a user ID, a password and a link to the webpage of the survey. You will be able to choose between a number of languages in which to complete the survey.