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Trade secret litigation after the Defend Trade Secrets Act
As discussed in a previous article, the European Union is seeking to "bring competitiveness and climate goals together," and therefore launched a reform package—the Omnibus package—regarding sustainability reporting and...more
Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, called for the repeal of the CSDDD during his inaugural visit to the European Commission on May 9, 2025. German public television quoted him as follows: “The permanent solution to...more
The directives aim to assist claimants in proving the causation of damages and product defectiveness in complex AI systems, creating legal certainty for providers. On 28 September 2022, the European Commission issued two...more
On September 28, 2022, the European Commission published its proposal for a directive to amend the existing European Union (EU) Product Liability Directive that provides a system for compensating people who suffer physical...more
On 17 November 2020, the European Commission published an inception impact assessment for a revision of the Tissue Directive and the Blood Directive. With this proposal, the European Commission aims to tackle existing...more
On April 14, 2016 (by a vote of 503 to 131 with 18 abstentions), the European Parliament approved the text of a proposed Directive for the protection of trade secrets in the European Union. Once approved by the European...more
As Trade Secrets Watch has previously reported, new rules regarding the protection of trade secrets are on the horizon for the European Union. In November 2013, the European Commission announced a proposed Directive on trade...more