The problem with trade secret and its overprotection

• Main Author: LIU, Kung-chung
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: criminalization; ex parte seizure; secretive process; trade secret preservation order; investigation confidentiality protective order; Asian Studies; International Trade Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4073; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99517041802601&context=L&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Trade%20Secret%20Protection:%20Asia%20at%20a%20Crossroads&offset=0
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Whether trade secret protection belongs to the IP family is already questionable. The over-protection of trade secrets in forms of sweeping criminalization, ex parte seizure, secretive process, trade secret preservation order, and investigation confidentiality protective order can have serious side...