软件源程序的商业秘密保护模式研究

Research on the Trade Secret Protection Mode of Software Source Program

近十多年来,我国软件侵权现象频发,形势严峻,目前共计已审理的案件高达19.3万例。现有法律体系对软件源程序的保护存在不足。软件是集合各种技术的技术秘密,源程序作为软件的灵魂,与传统著作权作品有区别,且具有高度商业秘密的价值。实践中,计算机软件类侵权案件采用"实质性相似+接触"原则作为侵权判断方法,但该方法在适用过程中容易侵犯软件的商业秘密,将此方法适用于软件侵权判断的做法是饱受争议的。现有计算机软件的著作权法保护模式已不适应其发展,有必要探索计算机软件源程序的商业秘密保护模式。

It has been severe that the software infringement existed very frequently in China in the last decade,and the number of cases that has been tried is as high as 193,000.The existing legal system has insufficient protection of software source programs.Software is a technical secret of assembling various technologies.As the core of software,the source program is different from the traditional copyright works and has high commercial secret value.In practice,the principle of"substantial similarity and contact"is adopted as the judgement in computer software infringement cases.However,it is not rigorous to apply the"substantial similarity and contact"method to judge software infringement cases as the method has been shown to easily violate the software trade secrets.Since the existing mode of computer software copyright protection is no longer suitable for its development,the exploration of effective approaches to protect the trade secret for computer software source program becomes imperative.