Objective
Following a series of EU trilogue meetings, a provisional agreement on new rules to provide legal redress against theft or misuse of trade secrets was reached by the Council of Ministers in December 2015 and endorsed by the European Parliament on 14 April 2016.
The aim of this conference is to give an overview of the main features of the EU Directive on Trade Secrets and to offer a discussion platform on its impact in practice for companies and their employees.
Key topics
- Scope of protection and limitations of the EU Directive on Trade Secrets
- Main consequences in practice as regards workers’ rights and mobility, and their freedom of expression
- Ensuring the right balance between trade secrets protection and disclosure of information
- Definition of trade secrets, burden of proof and reverse engineering
- Trade secrets in national court proceedings
Who should attend?
Lawyers in private practice, in-house counsel and other practitioners of law dealing with labour law, patent law and industrial property law; representatives of national intellectual property offices and ministries.
Live stream
This event will also be streamed live on 16 June, 09:10-18:30 CEST. If you want to register for the live stream please
click here.
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More details about the fees and discounts
Early registration discounts
10 % before 18.05.2016
Discounts available
25 % - For young lawyers up to 30 years of age (important: the participant must provide a copy or details of his or her passport or identity card on registration); Full-time staff of universities or comparable academic institutions; Staff of charitable organisations or comparable institutions
40 % - Staff of European Union institutions and agencies;
Staff of ERA’s patrons (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany and the German states, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, City of Trier).
40 % - Fellows of the European Law Institute