不要害怕 "唯一的 "商业秘密

了解《捍卫商业秘密法》(DTSA)规定的举报人豁免权
Last Updated: 1 月 19, 2026
Updated by: Chris Buntel

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我们经常遇到一些人,他们担心任何商业秘密清单或目录都可能不完整,不包含对诉讼至关重要的 "唯一 "有价值的商业秘密。这些人往往认为,"不做 "总比 "做 "得不完美要好。这样做的原因是担心商业秘密诉讼中的被告会辩称,既然目录或清单中没有 "那一个",那么它就不是商业秘密。

我们强烈建议企业根据自身情况、行业领域和风险环境制定并运行商业秘密流程,而不是随意或草率地临时关注其商业秘密资产。

与其被 "唯一 "的完美所麻痹,不如看看如何做好 "某件事"。

政策和程序奠定基础

从一开始,制定明确的商业秘密政策和程序就可以在很大程度上证明你在保护商业秘密方面采取了 "合理的措施"。对员工进行这方面的教育,以降低风险。

标准是 "合理",而不是 "完美"

法规和诉讼都要求 "合理的措施",而不是 "完美的措施"。你把事情做对了 90%、95% 或 99% 并不是坏事--不要觉得每件事都必须完美,因为永远不可能完美。

你甚至可以说你的商业秘密目录不全面或不完整,因为商业秘密每天(每小时或每分钟?)要保证目录中包含所有商业秘密是不切实际的,尤其是在大型企业中。

如果你不知道你的资产是什么,你怎么知道你的资产被盗了?

如果您家里有很多珠宝,但却不知道都收藏了些什么,那么如果有一件(或很多件)珠宝被偷了,您怎么知道呢?你不会知道!商业秘密也是如此。法院越来越多地要求在确定你希望保护的商业秘密时要具体明确。仅仅对你的资产有一个模糊的认识是不够的。

商业秘密盗用很少涉及单一文件

最典型的商业秘密盗用情况是,即将离职的员工在辞职加入竞争公司前下载了数千份文件。他们很少会只带走一个商业秘密。所有者未列出或未编入目录的 "唯一 "商业秘密成为被盗用的唯一资产的可能性很低。

给我看钱(好吧,判例法 我们不知道有任何要求完美的诉讼,原告因为没有 "唯一 "目录而败诉。如果您知道,请告诉我们。

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