[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-bottom%22%3A%222rem%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I love the expression “perfect is the enemy of good”. This means that if you insist on everything being absolutely perfect, nothing will actually get done including perfectly good improvements. The expression goes back to at least 1772 in a poem “La Begueule” by Voltaire. While the poem certainly wasn’t about confidential information and trade secrets, the expression applies perfectly.
没有一项商业秘密法规要求完美地保护你宝贵的商业秘密。所要求的谨慎标准是 "合理措施"，而不是 "终极措施 "或 "完美措施"（例如，参见美国《商业秘密法》第 18 U.S.C. 1839(3)(A)条和《商业秘密法》第 1(4)(ii)条）。
Many people starting their trade secret journey become paralyzed by fear, opting to do nothing. They ask many hypothetical “what if” questions like “what if I miss cataloging one trade secret?” or “what if an employee does not complete the trade secret training course?” or “what if a contributor does not acknowledge that the asset is a trade secret?”. They end up doing nothing to protect these valuable assets.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][us_image image=”460″ size=”medium” link=”%7B%22url%22%3A%22%22%7D”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-bottom%22%3A%222rem%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
什么都不做可能会导致灾难性的结果。
在 RV Horizons, Inc. 诉 Smith 案中，被告在简易判决中胜诉，因为 RV Horizons 没有提供限制访问有争议的投资者名单的具体证据，没有保密协议、员工手册或培训的证据，也没有证据表明 RV Horizons 曾告诉被告投资者名单是商业秘密。参见 Civ.A. No. 18-cv-02780-NYW, 2020 WL 6701119, at *26-27 (D. Colo. Nov. 13, 2020).
Many other examples exist – doing nothing gets you nothing in protecting your assets.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
至少要合理
现实情况是，"合理措施 "在任何地方都没有明确定义，而且取决于事实和情况。决定 "合理 "努力程度的因素可能有很多。公司拥有的商业秘密多还是少？该行业是否竞争激烈，存在大量的公司间谍和员工挖角行为？公司是拥有大量资源的大型跨国公司，还是两个人在车库里挣扎求生的初创公司？
Certainly doing nothing is not reasonable. You can always provide more-than-reasonable protection to your trade secrets, but at least take reasonable steps.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
法院并不要求尽善尽美。
A classic hallmark case dates all the way back to 1970 in E.I. du Pont deNemours & Co. v. Christopher. Here, the defendant flew over a du Pont facility that was under construction and took aerial photos to learn about du Pont’s manufacturing process trade secrets. The court held that “Reasonable precautions against predatory eyes we may require, but an impenetrable fortress is an unreasonable requirement, and we are not disposed to burden industrial inventors with such a duty in order to protect the fruits of their efforts.” See 431 F.2d 1012 (5th Cir. 1970).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][us_image image=”461″ link=”%7B%22url%22%3A%22%22%7D”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]
做点什么
开始保护您的机密信息和商业秘密。您可以先将您的资产、可以接触到的人员以及规定保密的合同编成目录。您可以对员工进行培训，让他们知道该如何使用（以及不该如何使用！）您的商业机密。
Don’t’ let fear of not achieving perfection stop you from doing a good or even great job in protecting your assets.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
