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Ochrona tajemnicy przedsiębiorstwa
W dniu 15 grudnia 2015 r. negocjatorzy z Parlamentu i Rady osiągnęli wstępne porozumieniu w sprawie nowej dyrektywy UE określającej wspólne przepisy mające na celu ochronę tajemnicy przedsiębiorstwa i informacji poufnych w UE. W dniu 28 stycznia 2016 r. Komisja Prawna (sprawozdawczyni Constance Le Grip, PPE, Francja) poparła uzgodniony tekst, który zostanie teraz poddany pod głosowanie na forum całego Parlamentu.
Overview of Legislation Practices Regarding Exchange of Information Between National Tax Administrations in Tax Matters
This paper forms part of a series of analytical pieces on various key tax issues, prepared by Policy Department A at the request of the TAXE Special Committee of the European Parliament. It deals with the need for information exchange between sovereign states on tax-related issues, which is increasing rapidly. In this vein, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the EU have developed better instruments of information exchange. The OECD has enlarged the scope of Articles ...
Overcoming Transatlantic differences on intellectual property
Recent studies demonstrate the important contribution of intellectual property rights (IPR) to the American and EU economies. The differences between the respective IPR systems are comparatively small, yet seen as hard to overcome. The negotiation of the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) may present the opportunity for a step change in EU-US relations in respect of IPR.
Protection of Trade Secrets: Initial Appraisal of the Commission's Impact Assessment
This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment (IA) accompanying its proposal for a Directive on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure (COM (2013) 813), which was adopted on 28 November 2013. It does not attempt to deal with the substance of the proposals and is drafted for informational and background purposes to assist ...
Trade Secrets
This document provides an analysis of the nature of a trade secret, its legal protection and the European Commission's recent proposal. While protection is afforded under several jurisdictions, such as EU law, international law, criminal law, civil law, labour law or simply tort law, no uniform instrument exists. As case law is very important for that kind of a relatively new concept, some examples from jurisprudence are provided.