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Title	Protection of Intellectual Property in the Form of Trade Secrets

Creator	Roy, Abhik Guha

Subject	Trade secret intellectual property inevitable disclosure doctrine

Description	192-200 The onset of globalization has lead to a surge in intellectual activity and thereby initiated a need for better methods on intellectual property (IP) protection. One of the forms of IP that will soon overpower other recognized forms of IP protection is ‘trade secrets’. The greatest advantage of this form of IP is that the protection provided is perpetual, thus gone are the days of limited monopoly. This new wave of protection is based on an element of trust of confidants who would maintain secrecy. But this system comes to a standstill when there is a breach of trust or confidence by confidants entrusted with such secrets or in case of companies when trusted employees are no longer in the service of the organization owning the trade secrets. This paper looks at the possible remedies that a trade secret owner who is also the employer, can get on such breach of trust or confidence. After identifying the models used by courts of developed countries, the author attempts to formulate a possible model that can be followed by Indian courts in counteracting this legal hurdle.

Date	2009-03-31T04:22:47Z 2009-03-31T04:22:47Z 2006-05

Type	Article

Identifier	0971-7544 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3577

Language	en_US

Publisher	CSIR

Source	JIPR Vol.11(3) [May 2006]

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