World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Trade secrets webpage
https://www.wipo.int/tradesecrets/en/
Frequently Asked Questions: Trade Secrets
Overview of Trade Secret Systems in Certain Countries and Regions
WIPO series: Business Insights in Trade Secret Management
WIPO Lex Database
https://www.wipo.int/en/web/wipolex/index
National and regional laws relating to trade secrets
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement)
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
De Castro, I. and Gadkowski, A., Confidentiality and Protection of Trade Secrets in Intellectual Property Mediation and Arbitration, in Gerold Zeiler and Alexander Zojer (eds.), Trade Secrets: Procedural and Substantive Issues, 2020, NWV, pp. 79-90. https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/amc/en/docs/confidentialitytradesecrets.pdf
Economic studies
Bravo-Ortega, C. and Price Elton, J. J., Innovation and intellectual property rights in the Chilean copper mining sector: the role of the mining, equipment, technology and services firms, Economic Research Working Paper No. 54, 2019 https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_econstat_wp_54.pdf
Keisner, C.A., Raffo, J. and Wunsch-Vincent, S., Breakthrough technologies – Robotics, innovation and intellectual property, Economic Research Working Paper No. 30, 2015 https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_econstat_wp_30.pdf
Larrimore Ouellette, L., Economic growth and breakthrough innovations: A case study of nanotechnology, Economic Research Working Paper No. 29, 2015 https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_econstat_wp_29.pdf
López, A., Innovation and Appropriability, Empirical Evidence and Research Agenda, in “The Economics of Intellectual Property”, 2009 https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/economics/1012/wipo_pub_1012.pdf
Discussion paper on the interplay between patents and trade secrets in medical technologies https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/scp/en/wipo_ip_covid_ge_2_22/wipo_ip_covid_ge_2_22_paper.pdf
Database of Intellectual Property Policies from Universities and Research Institutions
https://www.wipo.int/web/technology-transfer/database-ip-policies-universities-research-institutions
National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), France
Les autres modes de protection - Le secret (webpage)https://www.inpi.fr/comprendre-la-propriete-intellectuelle/les-autres-modes-de-protection
INPI - Guide du Management de la PI pour les business managers (Fiche-Guide n°11 Protéger le savoir-faire de l’entreprise, Fiche-Guide n°12 Constituer des preuves de ses créations et de leur usage): https://www.inpi.fr/le-management-de-la-pi
Court of Appeal of Paris, France
La réparation du préjudice économique: Fiches méthodologiques et glossaire - 3e édition, 2024 (FR)
Compensation for economic damage: Guidance notes - 3rd edition, 2024 (EN) https://www.cours-appel.justice.fr/paris/la-reparation-du-prejudice-economique
Fiche 9a: Comment gérer la confidentialité et respecter le secret des affaires ? (FR) Sheet n°9a: How can confidentiality be managed and trade secrets respected (EN)
Fiche 9b: Comment réparer les préjudices causés par une atteinte au secret des affaires ? (FR) Sheet n°9b: How can damage caused by infringement of trade secrets be compensated? (EN)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan
Unfair Competition Prevention Law webpagehttps://www.meti.go.jp/english/policy/economy/chizai/chiteki/index.html
Handbook for Protection of Confidential Information - Improving Corporate Value, last updated in February 2021 [Full text in Japanese (last updated in February 2024; available on the Japanese webpagehttps://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/chizai/chiteki/index.html)
Management Guidelines for Trade Secrets (last updated on January 23, 2019) https://www.meti.go.jp/english/policy/economy/chizai/chiteki/pdf/0813mgtc.pdf
National Institute for the Defense of Free Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI), Peru
Guía sobre el uso del ‘secreto empresarial’ como alternativa para la protección de las innovaciones y el desarrollo empresarial, 2020 https://repositorio.indecopi.gob.pe/handle/11724/7575
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)
Trade Secrets Enterprise Guide, 2022 https://www.ipos.gov.sg/docs/default-source/resources-library/trade-secrets/trade-secrets-guide.pdf
Study on the Protection and Management of Trade Secrets in Singapore, 2021 https://www.ipos.gov.sg/docs/default-source/resources-library/trade-secrets/trade-secrets-public-report-2sept2021.pdf
Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM), Spain
Protocolo de Protección del Secreto Empresarial en los Juzgados Mercantiles https://www.oepm.es/export/sites/oepm/comun/documentos_relacionados/Noticias/2019/2019_11_22_Protocolo_Proteccion_Secreto_Empresarial_en_los_JM.pdf
UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO)
The economic and innovation impacts of trade secrets (April 19, 2021), a report delivered by Dr. Nicola Searle on behalf of the IPO https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-and-innovation-impacts-of-trade-secrets/the-economic-and-innovation-impacts-of-trade-secrets
IP Finance Toolkit, 2015 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/478929/ip-finance-toolkit.pdf
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Trade secrets/regulatory data protection webpagehttps://www.uspto.gov/ip-policy/trade-secret-policy
Intellectual Property Toolkit – Trade secretshttps://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tradesecretsiptoolkit.pdf
Andean Community Justice Tribunal (TJCA)
Jurisprudencia sobre el Secreto Empresarial & Datos de Prueba https://www.tribunalandino.org.ec/index.php/jurisprudencia/clasificacion_tematica/propiedad_intelectual/propiedad_industrial/secreto_empresarial/
European Commission
Radauer, A., Bader, M., Aplin, T. et al., Study on the legal protection of trade secrets in the context of the data economy – Final report, 2022, European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2826/021443
Trade secrets – Managing confidential business information, 2021, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2826/449107
Non-disclosure agreement – A business tool, 2021, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2826/547286
The scale and impact of industrial espionage and theft of trade secrets through cyber, 2018, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2873/48055
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Trade secrets litigation trends in the EU, 2023https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2814/565721
The baseline of trade secrets litigation in the EU Member States, 2018 https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2814/19869
Protecting Innovation through Trade Secrets and Patents: Determinants for European Union Firms, 2017 https://euipo.europa.eu/tunnel-web/secure/webdav/guest/document_library/observatory/documents/reports/Trade%20Secrets%20Report_en.pdf
OECD
Enquiries into Intellectual Property's Economic Impact, 2015, see in particular, Chapters 1 and 4 https://web-archive.oecd.org/2016-03-21/369774-intellectual-property-economic-impact.htm
Schultz, M. and Lippoldt D., “Approaches to Protection of Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets): Background Paper”, OECD Trade Policy Papers, No. 162, 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jz9z43w0jnw-en
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Protecting Trade Secrets - Recent EU and US Reforms, 2019
Handbook on Valuation of Intellectual Property Assets, 2019https://www.iccgermany.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/icc-handbook-valuation-ip-assets-we.pdf
Licensing Executives Society International (LESI)
Special Issue: International Protection of Trade Secrets and Other Confidential Information, LVI, No.2, les Nouvelles, 2021
Sedona Conference publications
https://thesedonaconference.org/publications
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Governance and Management of Trade Secrets (2023)
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Monetary Remedies in Trade Secret Litigation (2023)
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Cross-Border Discovery in U.S. Patent and Trade Secret Cases ("Stage Two") (2023)The
Sedona Conference Commentary on Equitable Remedies in Trade Secret Litigation (2022)
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Protecting Trade Secrets in Litigation About Them (2022)
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Protecting Trade Secrets Throughout the Employment Life Cycle (2022)
Others
Cook, T. (ed.) (2022). Trade Secret Protection: A Global Guide (2nd edition). Globe Law and Business Ltd.
Pooley, J.(1997). Trade Secrets (updated edition 2024. Law Journal Press.
Sandeen, S. and Rowe, E. A., (2018). Trade Secret Law in a Nutshell (2nd edition). West Academic Publishing.
Aplin, T., Bently, L., Johnson, P. and Malynicz, S. (2012). Gurry on Breach of Confidence: The Protection of Confidential Information (2nd edition). Oxford University Press Inc.