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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

28 September 2018
Trade Secrets Directive - 100 day progress report
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/global/trade-secrets-directive-100-day-progress-report

Monday 17 September marked 100 days since the deadline for implementation of the Trade Secrets Directive passed on 9 June 2018. With offices across Europe, Bird & Bird has been following the implementation of the ...