论美国法中证据相关商业秘密的保护

Protecting Evidence of Trade Secrets in American Litigation

商业秘密的价值巨大,为了保护商业秘密的价值,必须严格保护其秘密性。但是在诉讼过程中,尤其是商业秘密作为争议的焦点时,商业秘密的权利人对其控制减弱,使商业秘密失密的可能性增加。美国的法律制度对商业秘密的保护较为发达,对诉讼中商业秘密的保护有充分的认识,但是无论联邦法律还是地方法律都没有系统规定诉讼中商业秘密的保护制度。梳理总结美国法中商业秘密的相关理论及诉讼中对商业秘密的不同保护措施,以期对我国有关制度提供借鉴。

Trade secret has great value, and to keep its value, strict measures must be taken to preserve its secrecy. However, in litigation, especially when the dispute is about a trade secret, the owner may have less control and the possibility that a trade secret will be disclosed is higher.Trade secrets are better protected by American legal system, nevertheless, neither the federal law nor the state law provides sufficient protection to trade secret in litigation. In this article, the legal background and the practical measures used to protect trade secret in litigation are summarized, and the American experience may be helpful for us to develop our own trade secret orotection measures in litigation.