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EU: Trade Secrets Directive creates excessive secrecy and must be rejected

11 April 2016

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"The schemed Directive on “Trade Secrets Protection” is meant to repress industrial espionage, but applies to the whole of society legal remedies that should only apply to businesses, writes a broad coalition of journalists, lawyers, scientists, unions and associations."

See the full text: Trade Secrets Directive creates excessive secrecy and must be rejected (euractiv, link)

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