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営業秘密と機密情報営業秘密とは何か?

企業秘密とは何か?
Last updated on: 12月 9, 2024
Author: Tangibly

This article is part of Tangibly’s Guest Series. Read the original article here.

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営業秘密の定義

一方、営業秘密はより狭く定義されている。どんな法令や訴訟事例を見ても、必ず公式には3つの定義に分かれています。

企業秘密とは

  1. 一般には知られていない(秘密);
  2. 秘密だからこそ価値がある。
  3. 所有者は、保護するために「合理的な措置」を講じている。

政府への登録について何も書かれていないことと、「合理的な措置」が明確に定義されていないことにお気づきでしょう。この2つが営業秘密をより興味深いものにしていると同時に、より困難なものにしている。

また、3つの部分からなる定義が非常に広範であることにもお気づきだろう。営業秘密は、技術(特許もカバーしている)に関連するものだけでなく、価格設定モデル、M&A戦略、報酬計画、QC/QAパラメータなど、広範なビジネス上の秘密も含まれます。営業秘密の範囲は特許よりもはるかに広い!

Tangibly’s SaaS platform allows you to easily catalog both your confidential information and your trade secrets and provides meta data to identify each. You can demonstrate “reasonable measures”, lower risk, and boost your valuation with Tangibly’s management tools and AI-facilitated insights. Contact Tangibly to learn more about these valuable assets![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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