Opposition Emerges to EU Trade Secrets Directive

By any measure, the past few weeks have been eventful in Europe.  Given the number of challenges facing European lawmakers — from continued hostilities in Ukraine, to last-minute negotiations over Greek debt, to anti-terrorism measures — it’s unlikely that trade secrets protection is at the top of anyone’s agenda in Brussels or Strasbourg.  Still the European Commission’s proposed directive to protect trade secrets remains an important item on the European Parliament’s agenda for this year.  As we have argued, the proposed directive (if enacted) will substantially alter the legal landscape in Europe regarding trade secret protection and may enhance cross-border certainty within the EU by requiring all member states to provide certain minimum standards of protection for trade secrets.

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