中医药技术秘密保护路径分析——商业秘密制度与国家秘密制度的选择

The Selection of the Protecting Ways in Technical Secrets about Traditional Chinese Medicine

在中医药的技术体系中,秘密保护方式相对于专利的高审查标准及公开化的要求,更符合其保护的特质,技术秘密制度在该领域具有天然的保护优势。中医药的技术私权化历程印证了其保护体系的构建应依循以私法保护手段为基础的路径,然而现实中国家秘密与商业秘密制度在该领域的混用,使得中医药技术秘密无论在制度适用还是价值取向上都面临适用选择上的两难。因此唯有明确私权利的边界,还商业秘密制度合理的生存空间才能克服保护的障碍,维护中医药技术保护的内在要求。

In the technology system of traditional Chinese medicine, compared with the patent protecting way, the protection of technical secrets is more suitable to thecharacteristics of TCM. The nature of technical secrets confirms the private law. Technical secrets should be one of the private holders, and should not be interfered by the public law at will. its protecting way m rights of the related But in our country, the problem as that still exists. We have both trade secrets and state secrets about TCM, which makes it difficult in operation. As to the solution, the best way is to divide the boundary of private rights and public rights in this area, and recognize true value of private technical secrets