Scientific intelligence is devoted to the analysis of existing international legislation in the field of legal protection of trade secrets (TS). Searching for ways to improve legal and institutional mechanisms for the protection of commercial business secrets, as well as a comparison of existing regulatory and legal documents of foreign countries with the aim of implementing the best of them into national practice. On the basis of the conducted scientific research, we can state that in order to improve the legal protection of trade secrets (TS) in Ukraine, it is necessary to adopt the appropriate law on TS. Today in Ukraine, business entities themselves regulate relations regarding the definition and protection of TS, by adopting the relevant local regulatory documents of the enterprise, institution or organization. Thus, regulatory and legal support in the field of protection of commercial secrets is the drawing up of certain local documents at the enterprise, institution or organization that ensure the protection and protection of TS – this is an order, statute, labour contracts and agreements, rules of internal procedure, which provide for the obligation refrain from disclosing it to third parties, and also establish responsibility for violation of these terms of the contract. Among the subjects of authority related to the protection of TS in Ukraine, the following can be noted: the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, bodies of internal affairs, in particular, bodies of the National Police, the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine. We consider it expedient to adopt a separate law regarding the protection of commercial secrets in Ukraine, namely to regulate all aspects regarding the protection of TS.
International experience of regulatory and legal protection of commercial business secrets
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Keywords
commercial secrets; trade secret; confidential information; information; business; protection
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