25 June 2019
New Law for the Protection of Trade Secrets in Germany
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/new-law-for-the-protection-of-trade-secrets-in-germany

The German Law for the Protection of Trade Secrets (Gesetz zum Schutz von Geschäftsgeheimnissen, "GeschGehG") came into force on 26 April 2019, following considerable delay. This article details action points from an ...

03 March 2020
Implementation of the Trade Secrets Directive – Some comments from the UK
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/implementation-of-the-trade-secrets-directive-some-comments-from-the-uk

This is the 4th in a series of articles written by members of our International Trade Secrets Group, highlighting points of note regarding the protection of Trade Secrets in various jurisdictions.

10 December 2020
The Opportunities and Challenges of Confidentiality Protection in Employment Contracts – a Cross-Border View
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/the-opportunities-and-challenges-of-confidentiality-protection-in-employment-contracts

In an increasingly digitised world, information is the new currency. Information, intelligence and intellectual property generated in the course of an individual's employment belong to the employer and are invaluable. ...

30 April 2019
Bird & Bird & The New German Trade Secrets Act - 'no pain, no gain'
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/bird-and-bird-and-the-new-german-trade-secrets-act

On 21 March 2019 the German parliament adopted a new national regime on trade secrets.

01 October 2019
Implementation of the Trade Secret Directive – some comments from Finland
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/the-trade-secrets-directive-anniversary-series-finland

Implementation of the Trade Secret Directive – some comments from Finland

28 January 2020
Implementation of the Trade Secret Directive – Some comments from Belgium
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/belgium/implementation-of-the-trade-secret-directive

In the third of our series of articles written by members of our International Trade Secrets Group, and intended to highlight particular points to note relating to the protection of Trade Secrets in various different ...

13 January 2020
Contractual Prohibition of Reverse Engineering under the New German Trade Secrets Act - a Practical Guide
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/vertraglicher-ausschluss-von-reverse-engineering

The new German Trade Secrets Act (TSA) has been the subject of numerous publications for the last few months. Among other significant changes, the TSA declares reverse engineering of a product as generally permissible ...

27 November 2018
Implementation of the Trade Secrets Directive in Germany – not there yet, but progress being made…
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/germany/implementation-of-the-trade-secrets-directive-in-germany

Constantin Eikel provides an update on the Implementation of the Trade Secrets Directive in Germany.

26 March 2019
New German Trade Secrets Act adopted
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/new-german-trade-secrets-act-adopted

After several months of delay and heated political discussion among all German parties on the scope of protection of the draft act, on Thursday, 21 March 2019, the German parliament adopted the Federal Government’s ...