PUBLICATION OF SPANISH ACT ON TRADE SECRETS
Last February 21st, 2019 it was published the new Spanish Act 1/2019 on Trade Secrets, that will come into force on March 13th, 2019.
This Act harmonizes the Spanish legislation in this field with that of the European Union, since it transposes the EU Directive 2016/943 of the European Parliament of the Council of June 8th, 2016.
The Act establishes means directed to protect the owners of trade secrets in front of those who, without the consent of its owner, would obtain or reveal any information or knowledge, including those of technological, scientific, industrial, commercial, organizational or financial nature, that is secret, that is valuable because of being secret and has been the subject of reasonable measures from its owner to keep it secret.
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