商业秘密非公知性构成要素的认定困境与解释进路——以我国679份商业秘密侵权案件为研究样本

Accreditation Predicament and Interpretation Approaches of Non-public Elements of Trade Secrets--With 679 Judgement Documents of Trade Scret Infringement Cases as Research Samples

依循审判思路,法院判定当事人所主张商业秘密是否满足非公知性系审理商业秘密侵权案件的逻辑前提。通过研习679例裁判样本,发现法院对非公知性意涵及认定标准存有争议,进而影响我国商业秘密侵权案件的裁判质量和效果。商业秘密非公知性可以解构为“相关公众”“普遍知悉”“容易获得”三项要件,通过对前述要件进行文本解释,厘定非公知性的认定标准。

In compliance with trial thoughts and methods,courts’,judgement as to whether the trade secrets claimed by the parties are non-public is the logical premise for handling commercial secret infringement cases.The study of 679 judgement documents has found that courts have disputes over implications of non-public knowledge and its accreditation standard,which in turn affects the quality and effectiveness of judgments of trade secret infringement cases in China.The non-public nature of trade secrets can be deconstructed into three elements of relevant public,general knowledge,and easy access.The determination of the non-public nature of trade secrets has been facilitated through the textual interpretation of these three elements.