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営業秘密保護法(DTSA)に基づく内部告発者免責の理解
Last Updated: 1月 24, 2026
Updated by: Chris Buntel

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You Map対Snap事件も、裁判所が営業秘密の記述にかなり高いレベルの具体性を要求している好例である。

被告の従業員6人が原告の地図可視化アプリのベータテストに登録した。 彼らは雇用形態を隠すために個人の電子メールアドレスを使用した。 ベータテスターは、秘密保持、不使用、非開示、リバースエンジニアリングの制限を含むT&Cに同意しなければならなかった。

原告は、従業員がアプリの技術にアクセスし、競合製品に組み込んだと主張した。

訴状では、「ストーリーを地図上で視覚化する技術」や「ストーリーを地図上でアニメーション化する技術」など、盗まれた「技術」について繰り返し言及しているが、実際にどのような技術なのか(ソースコード、アルゴリズム、アーキテクチャ、ビジュアルデザインなど)については言及していない。

営業秘密の請求は棄却された。

 


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