Unfair competition and the safeguard of trade secrets

The Law of Supression of Unfair Competition, approved by Legislative Decree 1044, tries to avoid confusions about what is protected as a trade secret and what cases of misappropriation should be sanctioned.In this article, the author questions the interpretation and application that has beenconsiste...

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Autor: Sosa Huapaya, Alex
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/15597
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/themis/article/view/15597
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Trade secret
Law of Supression of Unfair Competition
concurrent purposes
prohibited competition
Secreto empresarial
Ley de Represión de la Competencia Desleal
finalidad concurrencial
competencia prohibida
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Sumario:The Law of Supression of Unfair Competition, approved by Legislative Decree 1044, tries to avoid confusions about what is protected as a trade secret and what cases of misappropriation should be sanctioned.In this article, the author questions the interpretation and application that has beenconsistently employed, in many cases, to some of the terms contained in the aforementioned law.For that purpose, the author explains the meaning of the trade secret and other related terms, such as prohibited competition and concurrent purposes. He then proceeds to elaborate an analysis about the economic function of protecting trade secrets and what should be the correct application of the Law of Supression of Unfair Competition.