竞业禁止制度的域外视角与经验启示

The Foreign Perspective of Non-competition System and the Experience Enlightenment

雇员离职泄密已成为商业秘密侵权行为的焦点,给商业秘密安全带来了严重威胁。然而,我国竞业禁止制度并不完善,且缺乏可操作性,这无疑对于商业秘密保护是不利的。我们应当借鉴域外发达国家的立法与司法经验,从立法上对竞业禁止协议的生效条件、离职原因对竞业禁止协议效力的影响、竞业禁止条款部分无效对整体效力的影响等作出明确的规定,进一步完善竞业禁止制度,使其真正成为平衡商业秘密与雇员自由流动的重要手段。

The information disclosure caused by employee turnover has become the focus of trade secrets infringe- ment and poses a serious threat to the security of trade secrets. However, the system of non-competition in China is imperfect and lacks maneuverability, which is undoubtedly disadvantageous to the protection of trade secrets. We should learn from the legislative and judicial experiences of foreign developed countries, make clear provisions on the effective conditions of non-competition agreement in terms of legislation, the influence of the reason for leaving on the validity of non-competition agreement and the influence of the partial invalidity of non-competition clause on the overall effectiveness so as to further improve the non-competition system and make it become an important means to balance the trade secrets with the employees' turnover.